Caught in the Middle: Trouble Brewing for von der Leyen’s Reelection Campaign
One centre-right official referred to the European Commission President as a “crippled horse.”
One centre-right official referred to the European Commission President as a “crippled horse.”
Like the cat with nine lives, the Cavaliere had a thick skin. Although he was gradually withdrawing from politics, he knew how to use his considerable influence to weigh on Italian political life as a figure of authority.
We want an Italy that is a great nation among great nations, that regains possession of its identity, and that is involved on a European and global level.
Italy’s sovereignist center-Right victory comes despite an exceptionally nasty, months-long smear campaign carried out against them by the globalist-controlled press.
A vote of confidence is being held in both houses of parliament on Wednesday and Thursday. Draghi called on senators from his coalition to show responsibility in order to “rebuild” a “pact of confidence.”
If elections were held today, nearly half of Italy’s electorate would cast their ballots for one of Italy’s three center-right coalition parties.
Italy, it seems, has for some time abandoned politics and sanity and given full power to non-elected technocrats and politicians. Giorgia Meloni offers a way back to normalcy.
The re-election of the outgoing president was the only solution that the Italian political class could find to ensure that Prime Minister Mario Draghi—who appeared to be the only one able to reassure the financial markets and ensure the proper implementation of the stimulus plan for Italy—would remain in government.