Paolo Gentiloni he dreams of adding another prestigious assignment to his collection of armchairs. In fact, after having been Foreign Minister, Prime Minister and EU Commissioner, he now pursues the most coveted position, that of Head of State. It is no mystery that, in the event of a victory for the centre-left, of all the eligible candidates he is the one who on paper has the greatest chance of conquering the Colle.
When Sergio Mattarella will leave the Quirinale due to the expiration of his mandate, the descendant of the counts of Filottrano, Cingoli, Macerata and Tolentino will be 75 years old, one more than Pier Ferdinando Casinibut unlike the former secretary of the UDC who passed through the PD lists, Er Moviola, as his comrades call him, has a fair number of sponsors, starting with Romano Prodi and end up with some stationery that matters. And then, Camomilla (this is her other nickname) is also liked by the current tenant of the Quirinale, because the two come from the same parish, that of the left-wing Christian Democrats.
The silent strategy for the Quirinale
Therefore, this being the ambition, Paolo Gentiloni is committed to marking itself as a reserve of the Republic, ready for use in case of need. And to do so he never misses an opportunity to show off, even to the detriment of national interests. The latest stunt was yesterday, in the press. In an interview with the Turin newspaper, the former EU commissioner openly spoke out against any granting of flexibility on public finances, criticizing the choice of Giorgia Meloni. Not satisfied, he also opened the doors toUkraine in the European Union. A choice which, as we explained yesterday, for our country as well as being a joke would be a catastrophe, as Kiev would take over a large part of the agricultural funds made available by Brussels, taking them away from our farmers.
Paolo Gentiloni it does not say how to get out of the energy crisis that risks overwhelming Europe and consequently Italy, which, unlike France, has no alternative sources to gas. It does not explain how to finance public investments in artificial intelligence, as requested yesterday by the governor of the Bank of Italy Fabio Panetta. No, the heir of the counts of Filottrano etc., who owes his fortune to the whims of Matteo Renzi (who appointed him Foreign Minister to spite Lapo Pistelli, for whom the Rottamatore himself had been a bagman, then indicated him to Mattarella as his replacement in the vain hope that he would warm his seat in view of the elections), rejects outright any request that disturbs his beloved Ursula von der Leyen. And he defines the claim of flexibility on budget rules as ridiculous.
The crux of the Pnrr and the legacy of the old governments
According to him, Italy (and also Europe) should proceed straight towards the abyss and complains that the funds made available by Brussels with the Pnrr have been invested, rather than in the change, in the condominiums. “Few reforms and too much money concentrated in a sector like construction, which does not excel in productivity increases.” The former commissioner and former prime minister of the Democratic Party, however, forgets to say that the recovery and resilience plan financed by the EU commission of which he was also part was drafted by the Conte government, supported by the votes of the Democratic Party, and by the Draghi government, of which his coalition was also part.
And when this newspaper published the list of projects, which included padel fields, car parks in cemeteries and other works of dubious utility, I don’t remember it taking a position to denounce waste or criticize the interventions. Nevertheless, Paolo Gentiloni he had the delegation for Economic Affairs. Nor do I have any memory of his strong protests against the Superbonus, another idea of the Giallorossi government. Now, however, the forgetful person from Filottrano, Cingoli, Macerata and Tolentino says that he doesn’t understand the choice to “dramatize” our budgetary needs.
Unfortunately, we understand very well: even in the face of one of the most serious energy crises in history, the former exponent of the PDUP, Party of Proletarian Unity, a far-left formation in which he served before joining forces with Francesco Rutelli in Margherita, he prefers to defend his interests instead of national ones.
