Renzi opens on Draghi al Colle: “But then we need a political initiative for a new government”

If Mario Draghi is to be kept at Palazzo Chigi, he must be given maximum political viability, if he is to stay on the Hill, a presidential majority must be built, but also a political majority for the post-government government. And to do so “you need a political initiative, not a random tweet”. This is what the leader of Iv Matteo Renzi observes at Corriere. A center-right head of state is not a problem, he adds, “but it seems that the first ones who do not want to build consensus on a candidate from this area are the center-right colleagues. They have the numbers but not the strategy ». Does Berlusconi have a chance? “He believes it, the rest of the world much less.” Renzi agrees with those who say that pushing Draghi to Colle means wanting elections. “Meloni needs elections because the decline in the polls has begun – adds the former premier -. Conte’s crisis is overt and Di Maio is only waiting for the spring administrators to make his shoes ». As for Letta, “if you don’t vote you have to go to the congress and win the primary, an exercise in which you don’t have much experience”. These leaders “want early voting for personal needs”, declares the leader of Italia viva, for whom the elections must instead be held “at the end of the pandemic and with the PNRR set, in 2023”. As for the centrist project, «let’s see how the relationship with the Toti and Brugnaro groups will evolve. Let’s say that without us it is difficult to be a President of the Republic. But without us it is just impossible to have a new government. We are the guarantors of the continuation of the legislature until the natural expiry date ”, reflects the former premier.