Meloni in the Senate receives signals from the reformists of the Democratic Party and from Calenda. Then lunch at the Quirinale

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“Si vis pacem, para bellum”, says Giorgia Meloni in the Senate . And immediately Angelo Bonelli of Avs replies that “pecunia est nervus belli”. And Elly Schlein, leader of the Democratic Party, points out to the Prime Minister that “the world has made progress in resolving disputes compared to 2,000 years ago”. In short, since the day revolves around the Latin quote from Giorgia Meloni in the Senate on the importance of European rearmament and Italy’s alignment with NATO standards for military spending, we need to bring out even more Latin to tell the story of these communications to Palazzo Madama. And that is, the Prime Minister in divide and conquer mode. Because her intervention on the conflicts in the Middle East and in Ukraine – net of the defense of Donald Trump on the growing chaos that does not depend on the US president – ​​manages to split the Democratic Party and also the former Renzi-Calendian Third Pole.

The reformists of the Democratic Party, or at least the wing less aligned with Elly Schlein, seem to be digging a small tunnel between the Nazarene and Palazzo Chigi with their words. After all, Democratic Senator Simona Malpezzi, before the debate in the Chamber began, had let slip to a colleague, “Giorgia was good in the Chamber”. That is, the day before. And this time, the Democratic patrol, listening to the speeches and responses of the Prime Minister, seemed more than willing to dialogue. Here is Graziano Delrio, Catholic Democrat wing, telling the right-wing leader that “I recognized some elements that are worth sharing, in particular the will not to surrender to the logic of war and to reaffirm the role of diplomacy and dialogue. It is an approach that we believe is necessary, today more than ever”. An outstretched hand that Meloni will not let slip in her reply, reciprocating esteem and part of the reasoning.

A similar dynamic will happen a little later with Alessandro Alfieri, coordinator of Energia popolare and that is the thing that remains of the Bonaccini motion. With the senator who speaks of the importance of using the Mattei Plan also security and the prime minister who later will not only agree with him, but announces that she will make this proposal her own. Miracle of the conflicts that ignite the controversies and the internal wars in the opposition, fragmented more than ever as also demonstrated by the resolution of the minority. Francesco Boccia, the group leader now Elly tendency, will take care of putting the church back at the center of the Pd village. Hitting hard on the quote of preparing for war if you want peace, but also on the subordination of the government to Trump. Meloni, always in a very restrained version, will also let herself go ironically only on Giuseppe Conte, in the meantime in The Hague at the counter-summit of NATO.

Seen from the gallery on the second floor of the Senate, even without binoculars à la Panza, the entire debate, especially on the Iran-Israel conflict, seemed out of sync with the ongoing evolution of the conflict. “The truce announced by Trump has been broken,” the senators read on their cell phones. And yet we need to stay connected to the love-hate relationship (here we go again) between Meloni and the parties that oppose her in order to reach the next government elections. Carla Calenda, accompanied by her son Giacomo as a free assistant, will underline in her speech that she “largely” agrees with the report filed by the prime minister, except to distinguish herself at the end on the role of the “bully Trump” who prefers Putin to Europe. This agreement on defense will produce a favorable opinion from the government on the Azione document with three yes votes from the PD (Sensi, Malpezzi, Casini).

Then of course Matteo Renzi arrives and then we have to stop: because the former prime minister is more than in the opposition. Between Paragon spying on journalists and Meloni being silent, the derby on authority between the prime minister and her predecessor Mario Draghi, and the jabs at Antonio Tajani who either always makes the wrong statements or brings bad luck on the conflict in the Middle East, it is clear that the Florentine senator is not interested in giving the prime minister a break. Indeed, later in the middle of the Garibaldi hall he will tease the Northern League group leader Massimiliano Romeo by telling him "I saw that when I attacked Tajani, you Northern League members laughed". "Not me, I left the Chamber so as not to be misrepresented". A little Renzi show, also a habit here at Palazzo Madama, with the former Rottamatore mocking Romeo about his third term, about Zaia who has little to toast, all surrounded by a swarm of journalists to whom he asks questions.

There is a certain air of the last days of school before the holidays, that's for sure. Before leaving for the NATO summit in The Hague, which will be followed by the European Council in Brussels, Meloni with a delegation of ministers participates in the ritual lunch at the Quirinale. A relaxed atmosphere between the government and the President of the Republic. At a certain point the subject of Trump comes up. "Who knows if he'll come to The Hague." Cold. Luckily, encouraging news arrives later: "He's left." And lunch can come to an end. Meloni is keeping it light: around midday she had already had an appetizer of Pd currents and fragments of the former Third Pole. At least that's how they put it in the Brothers of Italy area.

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