A dinner almost three hours long, described as informal and convivial. The meeting on Wednesday evening Between Giorgia Meloni and Fdi’s MEPs took place in a private room of a well -known hotel in Brussels. The same that usually hosts the meetings of the patriots. Matteo Salvini, however, had already gone away, to Rome. The Prime Minister, on the other hand, came to the hotel after meeting the president of the MEP Roberta Metsola. It was accepted by what is described as a standing ovation by the 24 MEP.
And, to hear those present, Meloni was of excellent mood. To galvanized it was the case of the Ventotene Manifesto. A move that Meloni claimed. “Media was brilliant. They fell there, they fell into the trap”was the refrain, as explained by some present, of the speeches between Meloni and his. And someone, at the table, also added a cinematographic quote: ‘It deserves 92 minutes of applause, like Fantozzi after the battleship Potemkin …’. A brilliant move also because, and at the table someone pointed it out, he meditically covered the blitz of the Leagueist Riccardo Molinari and the controversies on the mandate to the premier to vote on the package on the rearmament. The dinner had been planned for some time. Several times it had been postponed. And it was the first between Meloni and the elected to the Eurocine, in the 2024 elections. A meeting to cement relations in short. ‘We are very compact. And compared to the last legislature it is fantastic. First our proposals did not pass, now, to 85%, yes, it is the story of one of those present. Meloni, in clear suit, lent himself to both the group photo with the whole delegation and to the selfies with each of the diners. Then, just before midnight, it went away from the garage. For the MEPs, who had made a stop at Vinitaly before the dinner, they were prepared instead of the ad hoc van. Relaxing and smiling faces at the exit. ‘We toasted Spinelli …’, was the joke granted by one of those present to the reporters present in the hotel hall. Brindisi, to whom, Meloni, however, was not lent: ‘It is in foil for Lent, alcohol is forbidden, tells a source.