“To Italy what is because of her” –

The second of selections has lastly arrived. On the evening during which the European Council provides the inexperienced gentle to the brand new prime positions of the European Union, Giorgia Meloni abstains on the reconfirmation of Ursula von der Leyen as head of the European Fee and votes no to the designation of the Portuguese socialist Antonio Costa as president of the European Council and the Estonian liberal Kaja Kallas as Excessive Consultant for International Affairs of the EU. The Italian Prime Minister chooses the exhausting line, after having thundered at house towards the “logic of fireplaces” and the “conventio advert excludendum” that in her opinion the EPP, S&D and Renew would have applied in direction of Italy by pre-packaging their package deal on the nominations for the highest jobs. On the finish of the work, first with a tweet after which in a press level Meloni reiterates her place: “The proposal formulated by the Populars, Socialists and Liberals for the brand new European leaders – explains the chief of the Brothers of Italy – is mistaken in methodology and substance. I made a decision to not assist her out of respect for the residents and the indications that these residents have given with the elections.”

Whereas ready for the European Parliament to rule on von der Leyen’s nomination, the highlight is on the negotiations for the task of the commissioners: “We proceed to work to lastly give Italy the burden it deserves in Europe”, writes the Prime Minister. As soon as the curtain has fallen on the European Council, the primary of the brand new legislature, sources from Palazzo Chigi clarify the rationale for Meloni’s alternative and level out that in entrance of the leaders of the opposite 26 EU nations, the Italian Prime Minister expressed her opposition to the tactic that the favored, socialist and liberal negotiators adopted in selecting the profiles, expressing a vote towards Costa and Kallas. As for the nomination of von der Leyen as President of the Fee, the identical sources underline, «a vote of abstention was determined in compliance with the totally different evaluations among the many events of the federal government majority» the place totally different orientations coexist comparable to that of Antonio Tajani, who helps the EPP candidate von der Leyen, and that of Matteo Salvini, who as an alternative smells «a coup d’état» on the brand new nominations.

Palazzo Chigi is now ready to listen to von der Leyen’s “programmatic traces” and “open negotiations on Italy’s position”. A task that Rome intends to claim by asking for a vice-presidency of the Fee and a commissioner with heavy delegations: among the many names in pole place is that of the Minister for European Affairs Raffaele Fitto, who might settle in Brussels as commissioner for Cohesion and the Restoration Plan. It’s Meloni herself, late at evening, who reiterates her line in entrance of reporters: “I believe that Italy should assert its position, its weight and the indication of its residents. Italy – Meloni assures – might be acknowledged for what it deserves, not due to the sympathies expressed by the federal government however as a result of it’s a founding nation and is the third European economic system. It’s a necessity for Europe to work properly with Italy. I’ve earned the respect of my colleagues as a result of I’m used to saying issues as I believe. I’m revered as a result of I do not need a double face”. The prime minister says she doesn’t consider within the speculation of a retaliation towards Italy after her no final evening: “If that had been the case, it might be shameful. I exclude it.”

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Any assist in Parliament for Ursula’s encore, explains the tenant of Palazzo Chigi, will rely upon the measures that the top of the EU govt intends to implement and the burden that might be acknowledged to Italy: “The difficulty isn’t Ursula von der Leyen however what insurance policies she intends to hold ahead. As additionally occurs with the opposite names which have been talked about (Costa and Kallas, ed.) we have now no solutions”. Every little thing continues to be attainable, subsequently. On the nominations, the ECR itself, Meloni’s political group, has proven itself to be something however strong. The Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala for instance, the one different conservative chief within the Council, has given his assent to the ‘prime jobs’. And as for an additional of the protagonists of the sovereignist entrance, the Hungarian Viktor Orban, the place on this case was towards von der Leyen, in favor of Costa and abstention on Kallas. Meloni, nevertheless, doesn’t need to hear about isolation: “I believe that Italy’s position is to not await what others do and observe go well with. I’ve at all times been satisfied that management lies in the truth that somebody realizes that you simply exist.”