Mario Draghi “received at the Quirinale” by Sergio Mattarella “before Meloni’s lunch in Colle, the knots of Recovery on the table”. What happens to the government and the Pnrr? What does the head of state have in mind? Nothing really, because Quirinale himself belied the background that appeared in La Stampa and Repubblica using, among other things, definitive words speaking of “amusing amazement” for “imaginative reconstruction”.
According to the two newspapers, the meeting between the former prime minister and the head of state took place between Wednesday and Thursday of last week for an exchange of views on the issues at the forefront. “The government of Giorgia Meloni feels under siege, the ministers of the Brothers of Italy react on impulse, accusing Europe of showing a more severe face than when Draghi sat in Palazzo Chigi” – reads in the Press – Even the former – ECB president ends up in the crosshairs. It is to him that the Melonians, including the Minister of European Affairs Raffaele Fitto, attribute responsibility for “unfeasible” projects, for delays in objectives, for a management structure and implementation of the plan that was not properly reinforced”.
Colle’s harsh denial was forthcoming: “At the Quirinale there is an amused astonishment with a decidedly imaginative reconstruction made by several newspapers on the meetings of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella in recent days. It is not true that the president spoke with Mario Draghi about Pnnr, not twenty-four hours before breakfast with the Prime Minister, not even on actually earlier days. Nor that there was, in the same period of time, a similar meeting with EU Commissioner Gentiloni. It would be highly desirable that, in the On the initiatives of the President of the Republic and their meaning, reference must be made to what the Quirinale communicates with complete transparency”, specifies the press office of the Quirinale in a note.
Source: IL Tempo
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