(Finance) – After the black smoke the first calls, even the second – as expected – ends with a stalemate and a rain (again) of white cards that I am today 527 . They had been yesterday 672.
Meanwhile, the center-right has formalized the shortlist of its candidates. “Our names are Marcello Pera, Letizia Moratti and Carlo Nordio. None of them have a party card but they have held important roles, “Lega leader Matteo Salvini said during the press conference.” We are not here to impose anything on anyone. In the last 30 years the left has been the protagonist of the choice, I think it is now the right of the moderate liberal area which is the majority of the country to make proposals “.
At the end of the evening, the center left closes gracefully to the candidates of the center-right, however relaunching the dialogue that should lead to the choice of name shared and super partes.
At present, the candidacy of Mario Draghi. There The road that should lead the former ECB to the Colle is full of pitfalls: the wall is not broken for now, according to various Dem sources, reaching an agreement is very difficult because the leader of the League has never hidden that the goal – at least the intention – is to keep Draghi at Palazzo Chigi.
Disappeared from the radar in the last period, the name of could return to the limelight at the right moment Giuliano Amato. At the head of our intelligence, diplomatic also esteemed abroad, he can boast a super partes profile, Elisabetta Belloni, whose name has been bouncing around for days now.
Mattarella stays on track. In fact, it could be up to the outgoing President to save the face of the parties if the synthesis could not be found. Appreciated by a good slice of the Five Stars, more than appreciated by the Dems and Leu, in the end the center-right, in the name of a necessary political stability, could – ob torto collo – could open, thus confirming the scheme that many would have wanted until from the beginning: Draghi at the head of the executive and Mattarella al Colle, in view of a possible handover of the baton only postponed.
While another long night is announced in the Roman palaces and beyond, appointment for exampler tomorrow at 11 when the third call is scheduled: the quorum will still be two thirds, therefore, a black smoke is still expected waiting for Thursday when an absolute majority will suffice.