She doesn’t like it, but she has to accept it. Meloni’s narrow path on the new Stability Pact

Resurgence of sovereignty in the League and FdI after the presentation of the new European rules. The risk of perversely playing Germany’s game. Giorgetti’s caution. Gentiloni’s surprise. The premier forced to seek an agreement with Macron

To those who pointed out to him the harshness of the comments coming from Berlin, Valdis Dombrovskis, vice president of the Commission, explained on Wednesday that, “precisely because it is the result of a compromise”, the proposal for the new Stability Pact just presented would easily become the object not only of the frugal but also of their antagonists. “A known dynamic”, of course. But perhaps certain Italian comments must have surprised even Paolo Gentiloni not a little, if it is true that his same anxieties also echoed in the corridors of Palazzo Chigi: “Shall we play into the hands of our rivals?”.