The thrust of the centrists, who after the Vox flop tell Meloni to look at the Ursula coalition

“I understand that Meloni is suspended between the duties of historical militancy and the realism of being in government. But the space she has is to contribute to expanding the European platform, not subverting it. It can possibly widen the Ursula majority“. And in short, Senator Pier Ferdinando Casini has a path to recommend to the premier, after the defeat of his ally Vox in the Spanish elections. No longer chasing that new self-sufficient European majority between Popolari and Conservatives, but foreseeing the entry of Ecr into the current coalition that supports Ursula von der Leyen’s commission. Because “even the 5Stelle understood the risk of isolation and voted for the current president of the European commission”

The former Speaker of the Chamber, Silvio Berlusconi’s minister, was also the head of the Christian Democrat International. And it is from this perspective that his words take on a particular meaning and relevance. According to the Senator “the result of these consultations clarifies that the Centre, when it submits to relations with extreme forces, loses its identity and reason for existing“. For this reason, the attempt to build a right-right community majority should be aborted: “It is a problematic solution in terms of numbers, as demonstrated by the vote in the European Parliament on the environment, and contrasts with the history and needs of the EU”.

An examination that in part recalls what two exponents of the so-called centrist area within the majority had said to Il Foglio, namely Gianfranco Rotondi, according to which it is “the Meloni-von der Leyen axis that can change Europe”. Or the former president of the Senate Marcellus Perawho after the death of Silvio Berlusconi had said: “The premier must complete the moderate turnaround undertaken by the Brothers of Italy. Who knows if after the Spanish vote the positions taken on this front will increase.