Berlusconi melon quirinal consultations October 21

It is the day of Giorgia Meloni and the Centre-Right at the Quirinal, today October 21. During the day, the president of the Brothers of Italy should receive the mission of forming the government from the hands of the head of state, Sergio Mattarella.

The wounds of the clash with Berlusconi over the former prime minister’s pro-Putin audio remain. FdI fears a Cavaliere al Colle ‘show’ in front of the microphones. “With the entire center-right coalition, we will go up to the Quirinal for consultations with the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella,” Meloni wrote on Facebook. “We are ready to give Italy a government that faces the urgencies and challenges of our time with awareness and competence”. The leader of the Brothers of Italy will therefore go to Colle with the whole coalition at 10:30 a.m., but at the end of the interview it should be only she who will speak for everyone. “When you go into a coalition, the declaration is made by the leader of the coalition,” said Noi Moderati’s Maurizio Lupi.

Photo Ansa / Angelo Carconi

At this stage, the Head of State will have all the elements to draw his conclusions and possibly summon the Prime Minister in charge to the Quirinal. Giorgia Meloni could accept without reservation, and therefore immediately indicate the list of ministers. However, they should not be unwelcome by the President of the Republic because it is he who, according to the Constitution, has the power to appoint them. The case of Paolo Savona remains famous, who in 2018 M5S and Lega pointed the finger at the Economy but whom Mattarella rejected without appeal.

The government at the weekend

The swearing-in of the Meloni government could happen between the end of the afternoon of Saturday October 22 and the morning of Sunday October 23. The bell ceremony, the first Council of Ministers and the debate on confidence in Parliament will follow between Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 October. All this, of course, if the center-right majority that won the elections manages to find an agreement to give life to the new executive. Because anything can still happen, after the explosion of the clash between Silvio Berlusconi and Giorgia Meloni.

Antonio Tajani. Photo Ansa / Epa Patrick Seeger

Meloni’s Ministers

The ministers ? The list is ready, they say of the Brothers of Italy. Under the name of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Matteo Salvini and Antonio Tajani would be Deputy Prime Ministers. Gianbattista Fazzolari would be the Prime Minister’s undersecretary. Then the most important ministries arrive. For the Interior, the name remains that of Matteo Piantedosi, prefect of Rome in the Lega contingent. Guido Crosetto will probably go to Defense, writes Corriere della Sera. Outsiders would stick with Antonio Tajani, despite Berlusconi’s politically devastating pro-Putin audio. The head of European affairs would be the former MEP, as well as the former governor of Puglia, Raffaele Fitto. The Ministry of the Economy, the one holding the strings of all the bags, will go to Giancarlo Giorgetti. that of Transport to Matteo Salvini.

The first to arrive at the Quirinal on the first day of the consultations, October 20, was the President of the Senate, Ignazio La Russa. Then it was the turn of the Speaker of the Chamber, Lorenzo Fontana. The consultations then continued with the meeting with the delegation of the Autonomy Group of the Senate, followed by the Mixte half an hour later. After a break and a phone call with the President Emeritus of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano, the consultations resumed at 4 p.m. The delegation of the Mixed Group and the Alliance of the Greens-Left met with the Head of State. Then from 5 p.m. and one hour apart, the Terzo Polo, M5S and PD Groups, led by their respective leaders Carlo Calenda, Giuseppe Conte and Enrico Letta.

Giancarlo Giorgetti. Photo Ansa / Maurizio Brambatti