Melons, the first choices: “I expect loyalty” – Corriere.it

The question about Mussolini’s nostalgic gathering comes unexpectedly, when the communication from Palazzo Chigi has now turned off the camera for live broadcast and Giorgia Meloni is about to run away to her “institutional commitments”. President, why did you attend the rave party in Modena and not the two thousand in Predappio? “You know how I think on this matter, I don’t know what else I have to tell you,” tries to gloss over the leader of the Brothers of Italy. But the journalist insists on asking for a “more political” comment and, as puzzled and annoyed as she may be, Meloni replies: “Politically it is distant from me, in a very significant way. On this subject you will not have satisfaction from me, I don’t know what else I can tell you ».

“The state exists”

First crowd bath with photos and applause in the short walk from Palazzo Chigi and first press conference. Meloni arrives in the Multifunctional Hall with the ministers Carlo Nordio, Orazio Schillaci, Matteo Piantedosi and with the undersecretary Alfredo Mantovano. Minister Eugenia Roccella also appears, but she is only a spectator. At the microphone is the new head of press office Fabrizio Alfano, former spokesman for Gianfranco Fini, who will have to limit the questions of the press to four because the president “must escape” to a meeting on Nadef. Meloni is “very happy” for the postponement to December 30 of the Cartabia reform, for having “given a signal” on the theme of the fight against the mafia (“We will not take half a step back”) and for having demonstrated, with a hard fist against raves party, that “the State exists and does not want to show itself short-sighted, helpless, firm in the face of illegality”. Respect for the rules and legal certainty, this is the amount that Meloni wants to give to her government.

The government team

The CDM has launched a single decree with an identity flavor on justice, Covid and security, which President Sergio Mattarella signed in the evening together with the appointment of the undersecretaries of state. During the meeting at Palazzo Chigi, the leader of the Brothers of Italy had admonished the ministers, recommending that everyone be cautious in communicating, so that the escapes forward did not force her to make other turnarounds. It happened on Covid and she wants it to stop happening: “I expect solidity and loyalty from the team.” And the tensions over the undersecretaries? The lonely race of some ministers? «I have read many reconstructions, but there have been no problems of any kind – Meloni gives“ a bit of counter-information ”. In Cdm you can breathe compactness and enthusiasm, we govern the nation in the most difficult moment in the history of Italy and this leads to putting aside forms of individualism ».

Covid and quarantine

The first CDM served to mark a strong discontinuity with respect to previous governments, Including dragons. On the management of the pandemic, the premier pulls straight ahead, even after the strong warning of the Quirinale and the tweets of Enrico Letta (“The Meloni government has rewarded the no vax. Worse than that it was difficult to start”). The premier does not change her mind, on the contrary she reinforces the concepts already expressed in Parliament. “Covid had become an electoral campaign theme, it had become ideological and this did not help us to take effective measures – accuses Meloni -. Anyone who said anything else was referred to as a monster ».

What if new, dangerous variants arrive? The Minister of Health assures that the government is “ready at any time to intervene” and announces that the government could eliminate the five days of compulsory isolation and get positive people out of the house: “We are working on it, we have already had the first meetings with Spallanzani and Aifa ». The masks, on the other hand, will remain mandatory in hospitals and RSAs, at least until the end of the year. “No second thoughts – the minister denies the interpretations -. I never thought of eliminating them. ‘ And from tomorrow, two months in advance, stop the obligation of vaccination for health personnel, a decision that will allow 4000 doctors to be brought back into service and put a stop to the “serious shortage of personnel”.

Life imprisonment

The premier relaunches the fight against crime and says she is “proud” of the decision on life imprisonment, underlining how the mafia with their “papelli” have repeatedly asked for the abolition of the “end of sentence never” for those who do not collaborate with justice . The Union of Criminal Chambers believes that the rule is in contrast with the principles established by the Council, but Meloni defends it because it is “the daughter of the teaching of Falcone and Borsellino”. The government has included in the decree the same rule that had been approved by the House (but not by the Senate) to avoid the release of prisoners for serious crimes. And now Meloni hopes that Parliament, in the process of conversion, will be able to improve it. “I took the gag off Minister Nordio,” the president laughs and she denies having commissioned the Keeper of the Seals. Even the former magistrate laughs and seems really happy: «It is an important day for justice. A good business card for citizens and also for the judiciary ».

Cartabia reform

One thing that the Prime Minister is very fond of is denying that the postponement of the Cartabia reform of the criminal trial to 30 December causes the funds of the NRP to blow up. This is not the case, Meloni assures: “There is no risk of compromising the Plan, we have taken two months while maintaining our commitments with the EU Commission to offer time to the judicial offices and evaluate, during the conversion, if there are any issues to be addressed. perfect “.

Rave party

The fourth provision in the “decree” was designed to stop rave parties and other gatherings with more than 50 people which, for the government, put the safety, safety and health of citizens at risk. The leader of Action, Carlo Calenda, approves: «The name of the crime of” invasion “is rather surreal, but otherwise it is a shareable initiative. The state cannot remain a spectator of illegal and dangerous events ». And Meloni at the press conference explains why the Minister of the Interior, Piantedosi, began his mandate with an iron fist. «When there was the rave in Viterbo – recalls the premier – the impression we gave was one of laxity. I don’t want to give the impression that Italy is a nation where one can commit crime ».

Budget Law

The next Council of Ministers will be held on Friday, in which the proxies will be defined and the first economic measures will be taken to combat the energy crisis and help families and businesses burdened by high bills. «That of November 4th will be a very important meeting, because we will discuss the approval of the Nadef, which is fundamental and preparatory for the budget law – accelerates Meloni -. We are racing against time ».