Rampelli and Ciocchetti on morning podcasts and YouTube, FdI aims for the race with Gualtieri

Coffee against coffee, in the meantime, and then what? As luck would have it, in recent weeks, the traditional “Caffè sbagliato”, a Friday political analysis column signed by the vice president of the Chamber of FdI and pillar of the Roman right Fabio Rampelli, has been joined by a “Caffè americano”, a podcast on politics, sports and health signed by the FdI deputy and former centrist Luciano Ciocchetti. The man who, a few months ago, did not shy away, even if reasoning hypothetically (if I woke up as mayor, was the concept, I would do a nice extraordinary cleaning of Rome) from questions about his possible future run for the Campidoglio, a run that would have the support of one part of the party and the disagreement of the other, that is, of those who, and not just today, see Rampelli as the natural candidate, in his capacity as tutelary deity and parliamentarian who to say he is active in the territory is an understatement.

Here is Rampelli, in the last few days alone, stringing together a series of interventions, including one at the Maxxi, yesterday, entitled: “Quo vadis, Rome? Project for a future capital”, in the presence of the Democratic mayor Roberto Gualtieri, generous with words towards “his friend Rampelli” (as he defined him from the stage). And that’s not all: a few days ago Rampelli went to Frascati, to Villa Falconieri, for a meeting of the Vivarium Novium academy and to talk with architects and professors on the theme “The inheritable city – concrete examples of real urban regeneration”. In short, Rampelli is there, and launches an event on “Jubilee 2025” for June 19, subtitled: “The Meloni government changes and improves Rome”, in the presence of local party representatives, regional councilor Fabrizio Ghera, deputy and president of the Rome Capital Federation Marco Perissa, president of the Culture Commission of the Chamber Federico Mollicone and senator of FdI Andrea De Priamo. But Ciocchetti would also like to be there. And so, in the time of “American coffee”, he talks about the stadium, shows shirts of the poor National team and presents the podcast initiative “to talk about politics, health, sports, culture and territory” and “to tell initiatives, proposals and commitment. With the voice of someone who knows politics and lives it every day”. Former vice-president of the Region with Renata Polverini, a former Christian Democrat, Ciocchetti is saying that, faced with the two-round electoral system (mayoral elections), we need to find candidates who fish in the center. Are these underground preparations for the “coffee primaries”?