“We are making history, and we must all be aware of it. And this does not allow for pauses or breaks, but much less can it allow for mistakes and missteps. We all have a task much greater than our expectations and our desires, and we must be able to keep it in mind every day. Especially when difficulties may arise.” Georgia Meloni speaks to the party, gathered in Montecitorio, making it clear that no slip-ups or accidents are allowed. In the introductory report to the executive of FdIthe Prime Minister makes no explicit reference to the affair that has dominated the last part of the summer holidays and which involves the minister Gennaro Sangiuliano.
The Sangiuliano affair
An affair that, even today, marks a new chapter, after yesterday’s one-and-a-half-hour face-to-face meeting at Palazzo Chigi between the Prime Minister herself and the Minister of Culture: Mary Rosaria Boccia she returns to posting on social media and posts photos of emails, documents, plane tickets and even the sound of a phone call. All in support of the appointment as Advisor to the Minister for Major Events, according to the person directly involved. Sangiulianoafter the face to face with Melonsreiterated the line taken up to now. That is, completely false, «never a single euro from the ministry, not even for a coffee, was used for the doctor’s travel and stays Mary Rosaria Boccia which, with respect to the organization of the G7 Culture, has never had access to confidential documents”.
In the government is the Keeper of the Seals, Charles Nordioadvising “caution when holding positions of great responsibility”, while specifying that this is not “a criticism”. But the affair is becoming ‘hot’, with the opposition insisting on the request for the resignation of Sangiulianoin addition to that of clarifying in Parliament. Request also addressed to the same Melons. Which, today, even without ever making any explicit reference, in the report to the top management of FdI is very clear on the reference to the “enormous responsibility” that weighs on the party, at all levels.
Awareness and responsibility
“We must be aware that nothing is forgiven us and that nothing will be forgiven us,” he stressed. Melons. “When our adversaries found nothing to attack, they had to invent fake news from scratch to do so. And when someone made a misstep, they used every tool at their disposal to hit us.” Therefore, Meloni insists, precisely because “we have always been the most implacable judges of ourselves and we must continue to be so,” accidents along the way are not allowed, “because the historic opportunity that citizens have given us does not deserve to be wasted on a mistake, a distraction or a slip-up. We cannot afford to leave ourselves open.”
The prime minister urges her people to work flat out, because – she recalls – it is “the spirit of sacrifice, the determination that brought us to govern the nation and that will allow us to continue to defend the interests of our people. Nothing else. Italians believe in us more than we sometimes seem to believe in ourselves,” she observes.
Results and objectives of Brothers of Italy
So, the Prime Minister claims the election results of FdI and the centre-right, including the European ones, which confirmed that “our government” is “the most solid and stable in Europe and the G7. This is a very important and significant fact, and it has seriously scared those who do not accept that the centre-right is in government and that we are changing things”. Meloni urges FdI to be not only proud of the work done but also of the role achieved, “backbone of the majority” and in the EU “hinge” between PPE and right-wing groups. He calls for a “stable and serious government” supported by a “solid and compact” majority.
Hence the list of results achieved in Italy (from the economy to work, where the gap on female employment has been filled, he says, explaining that more will be done with the maneuver, “serious and responsible”) and abroad, proof of which is also the weighty role that he will play. Raffaele Fitto in von der Leyen’s second government, with which Meloni assures she will continue “to collaborate profitably”.
The challenges of the regional elections
Finally the chapter Regional: «Fratelli d’Italia will have to be the protagonist and overturn the forecasts» which are not exactly favourable for the centre-right at the moment (in Umbria «we aim to confirm the government of Donatella Teseibut we must take into account the results of the last administrative elections Perugia And Terni“; in Liguria “the situation is more complex”, the candidate will arrive soon). In short, concludes the prime minister, FdI must continue to play its “decisive role”. But to do so, it is necessary to focus on two things: “communicate more and more and better to citizens what we do” and “be more and more of a goad towards the government”.