Di Maio, the book: ‘So Sapelli jumped and Conte became prime minister’

“So Sapelli jumped and Conte became prime minister”: in the book ‘A love called politics’, tomorrow in the bookstore for Piemme, Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio tells the background of the decision to indicate Giuseppe Conte as Prime Minister, on May 14 2018, of the yellow-green government. «I, Spadafora, Salvini and Giorgetti were in conversation with Professor Sapelli. I must admit that he surprised me, he had flattering words for state institutions, he told us about his experience at Eni, he deepened some passages on our geostrategic interests. He also shared some points of our economic program, in particular he agreed on a resumption of state holdings. He was a prepared person and it was clear that he knew how to assert himself. The balance was moving strongly towards him, even though we still had to talk to Conte. The problem arose shortly after, »he writes. «The Northern League – he adds – are in fact famous for not knowing how to keep anything, they have the desire to let any indiscretion filter through, they practically make it a strategic line. So someone blurted out about that meeting and Sapelli, having finished the interview, was intercepted the next morning by Radio Cusano Campus, who interviewed him. To the questions he answered with a certain air, he revealed some background at a time when confidentiality was asked. He confirmed that he had been called to be Prime Minister. Never step was more false. He burned himself with his own hands. At that point, Giuseppe Conte’s goal would have been an empty goal. However, he did not underestimate the situation. Upon his arrival at the hotel he was wearing a shirt, the first button unbuttoned, his tan was strong, firm, very summery and gave him a carefree air. He came from Circeo, or from Gaeta, I don’t remember exactly. Impeccable in his manner, he approached each of us with humility, showing a great collaborative spirit. He also broke through Salvini who, at the end of the interview, said he was convinced ».