«How many times have I thought in life, I want to do what I want, Then the seeds slipped through my fingers, And reality arrived». The voice is that of the immortal Vasco Rossi, but the lyrics might be written by Carlo Calenda, the exuberant leader of Azione, who hasn’t been able to do anything for some time now. To say that in Basilicata, his friends from the former Camp Largo no longer even answer him (“I’ll call you or not, I’ll call you or not… my morale is in the basement”, speaking of other quotes). And in Rome, Emma Bonino might take her revenge, a year and a half following the “wrong” she suffered.
Background, we are in the summer of 2022, the Draghi government has fallen, on the eve of early political elections. Enrico Letta, already very close to the gas pipe, sets up a small alliance, what’s there is there, as long as Matteo Renzi isn’t there. The agreement was written directly from the pen of Vasco Rossi de noantri, alias Carlo Calenda, and holds together the Democratic Party, the Greens with the left of Fratoianni, Action and Più Europa.
At the end of the presentation press conference, the irrepressible Sr Carlo pounces on the cheeks of the icy Democratic secretary and the radical leader, as if to testify to his loyalty. A few hours pass, and as usual, Calenda changes his mind, invents an excuse and shatters the agreement with the Nazarene. At that point, the Action leader hunts down Renzi, and so, within 48 hours the third pole federation is born. Even that duration was the right one, despite an encouraging 7.8% obtained in the elections, and once more due to the famous intemperateness of Sor Carlo, who at a certain point gets bored of the cumbersome former mayor of Florence, and decides to continue sailing alone . Imagining that he might find himself in the European elections with Emma Bonino, the friend so blatantly ‘betrayed’ in 2022. Unfortunately for Sor Carlo, it’s not going exactly like that. As in a sort of nemesis, those who have had to deal with him in the past are now trying to get together, and perhaps like the Nazarene’s companions, they too have stopped answering his phone. The news is in fact that the infamous list of purpose on the United States of Europe is finally being born which will bring together Più Europa, Italia Viva, Andrea Marcucci’s Libdems, the socialists and Volt. That is, without Action, who did everything first to exclude Renzi and then to make the project fail anyway. Underestimating the long memory of the woman she was alongside Marco Pannella for a lifetime, other times, other depth. The decision now seems to have been made, sealed by a series of meetings, defined as positive by the organizers. A series of sketches for the list are also ready, which would have the indication “For the United States of Europe”, with the symbols of the five adhering parties. There is still no certainty regarding the candidatures (whether Renzi will decide to run in just one constituency or will take a step back), which will be addressed next week, but the name of the economist Cottarelli might come back into vogue. In short, for Sor Carlo it’s time for another song, Emma Bonino in the Shakira version might whisper to him: «You act so much like a champion. And when I needed you, you gave your worst version.”
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2024-03-23 00:20:20