It was the latest statements by Prime Minister Mario Draghi at the press conference at the end of the year that gave free rein to the hypotheses on future institutional arrangements that almost all assign a key role to the current prime minister. Statements that were immediately recorded by the foreign media. With a somewhat forced understatement Draghi in fact made it clear that he “has no personal ambition” because “my personal destinies count for absolutely nothing”. I am just “a grandfather in the service of the Republic” he added because “it is politics that decides”.
Draghi: Government objectives achieved
Yet almost all observers have interpreted his words and above all his silences as a sign of a clear desire for a transfer to the Colle. Draghi has almost made a final assessment of his government action, recalling that he has achieved three basic objectives: having managed to be the expense with the highest number of vaccinated people, having presented the PNRR on time and having achieved all 51 objectives agreed with the EU Commission foreseen by the EU Nex Generation to be able to start using the large mass of European funding. The bulk of the work, Draghi said in essence, has been done, now the Government, regardless of who will lead it, will be able to continue the work started. Draghi, if he had wanted to completely exclude his transfer to the Quirinale, would have spoken in the first person of the tasks that await him next year. But this did not happen.
Reuters: Draghi hints that he is available
Above all, the British agency Reuters took the point, according to which the Italian prime minister has signaled that he is “willing” to become Head of State when the position becomes available in the first months of next year, saying that “his unity government has his entire agenda is almost complete ”.
The important thing is that it remains a guarantee figure
But beyond a few nuances, the international press highlights the hope that, regardless of the roles he may play in the future, Draghi will still remain a central guarantee figure for our institutional political system for the good of the Italian economy and of the ‘European Union. A hope also shared by the markets that cheer for Draghi to remain in a decision-making role in our country. that economic adequate for our country. For the markets, it doesn’t matter whether Draghi stays in Chigi or goes to Colle; as long as he remains a key figure in our institutional political system.
In Brussels there is a fear of the After Draghi for Pnrr
Then of course there are some distinctions that are anything but secondary. For example, in the buildings of the European institutions in Brussels there is concern about the hypothesis that the negotiations on the Next Generation could be continued with a head of the executive other than Draghi or worse that we go to early elections, thus opening an unpredictable period of relative instability. The mantra that is heard more and more often in the corridors of the European Commission is:. “It’s too early for Draghi to replace Mattarella. Your work can’t finish now. “