As we learn from the League, there was
a long and cordial phone call between Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi
: the leader of the League reiterated his thanks and appreciation to the Cavaliere for what he announced yesterday. Salvini and Berlusconi discussed the political situation: high-profile proposals are being considered, women and men, "on whose stature it is difficult for anyone to veto" assures Salvini. "Berlusconi is calm and well" concludes Salvini.
The secretary of the Pd Enrico
Letta met with the ministers Dem
Lorenzo Guerini, Andrea Orlando and Dario Franceschini before the assembly with the great Pd electors.
Eve of the first ballot to elect the thirteenth president of the Republic.
A hectic day for parties and big voters, with public and private meetings.
There is time until Thursday to find the right name, given that in the first votes you need a two-thirds majority and from the fourth 505 votes will suffice.
"We need high-profile candidates, widely shared and able to represent all Italians. In the next few hours we will promote the necessary discussions to get to
a table with all the parliamentary groups to indicate the shared name
".
Thus the joint note by Enrico read, Giuseppe Conte and Roberto Speranza at the end of the meeting between Pd, M5s and Leu.
"The behavior for the first vote will be agreed at tomorrow morning's meeting".
It is "very likely" that the center-left will go to the white ballot at the first vote
. Center-left sources affirm this at the end of the summit in the Chamber. The decision will be made at the summit tomorrow morning. "Finally we can discuss the names. The identikit is the one indicated for weeks now: a non-partisan, authoritative profile. Meetings that should prelude to a table between all the political forces. We think about Andrea Riccardi as the profile of the ideal president" . Sources from the Nazarene affirm this, underlining that it was a "good meeting" this morning between Conte, Letta and Speranza, in a "positive atmosphere" and with a "united spirit".
Read today should also return to meet Matteo Renzi, while Dem sources explain that he will see Matteo Salvini as soon as possible, as well as the other leaders of the center-right.
"Draghi saved Italy, it's fine at Palazzo Chigi, it's fine at Colle,
but he can't be on both sides
. At the Quirinale we don't go against parties. I think Draghi's candidacy, assuming it has its own strategy , can only stand if it has this political element. You go to the Quirinale only with a political initiative ", says Renzi, leader of Italia viva, in half an hour more.
"The first possibility is that we go to a president who guarantees Draghi to Palazzo Chigi, because we cannot afford to lose him. The alternative is a political choice", he adds.
Yesterday, Silvio Berlusconi's step back came to shuffle the cards, representing the start of a game that is played on an inclined plane.
Keeping the Quirinale and the government together, this is the bet of Enrico Letta and also of Giuseppe Conte
, who can keep his parliamentary groups united only by guaranteeing the continuation of the legislature. "We face this difficult transition with our allies.
With whom, starting today, after the end of Berlusconi's candidacy that had blocked everything until yesterday, we will agree on names and proposals
", the secretary of the Democratic Party wrote on Twitter in the morning.
"The 5 Star Movement
has a single objective and will pursue it to the end: it has 235 votes from top voters that it makes available to the interests of Italians
to have an authoritative president who makes us all proud to be Italian and well represented. We will continue to work in this direction ". Thus Giuseppe Conte before the meeting with the allies after which he declared himself" very satisfied "." I am optimistic and I am even more so when I work in the interest of the country ", he says speaking with the reporters at the end of the summit in the center-left chamber. "We haven't talked about names", replies to those who ask him about the hypothesis Pier Ferdinando Casini. Did Salvini present his list of names to you? "We haven't even talked about names with him yet. ", he replies. Has the M5s veto over the name of Mario Draghi fallen?" We make proposals, we do not veto ".
"
After all this stalemate, we cannot start with a right of first refusal on the part of the center-right
. We need a figure who can represent the country and not a markedly biased one." This was stated by the group leader of Leu in the Senate, Loredana De Petris, arriving in the House for the meeting of the center-left on the Quirinale. "Does Mario Draghi have to stay at Palazzo Chigi? We will evaluate the best solution for the country during the center-left meeting", added De Petris, together with the party leader in the Chamber, Federico Fornaro who, to those who asked him if there is 'intention to propose a flag name, he replied: "We will evaluate together. Objectively Berlusconi was the biggest obstacle in the way of a shared name and voted by the majority".
Salvini today will meet the group leaders Riccardo Molinari and Massimiliano Romeo and subsequently the governors and regional delegates of the League.
Meetings are scheduled for the afternoon.
"After the extraordinary generosity of Silvio Berlusconi, the center-right is at work in the certainty that - in the interest of the country - from the left there will be no No or cross vetoes as happened until yesterday.
We are ready to propose women and men of the highest profile
" .
League leader Matteo Salvini says so.
