The tom tam he would like Mario Draghi candidate for president of European Commission upon indication of Emmanuel Macron, leader of the European liberals as well as tenant of the Elysée - therefore a strong if not very strong candidacy - is all the rage in the media, particularly in Italy. Even if the choice of the new president of the Commission is premature because it will take place in just under a year, the tom tam has its own logic. After having sunk once he left Palazzo Chigi as is his style - a few comments in the Financial Times, a lecture at Harvard and little else - Draghi recently returned to the center of the scene with the task entrusted to him by Ursula von der Leyen as president of a commission on the competitiveness of Europe and with the subsequent call by Draghi himself for greater integration of the Union under penalty of its marginalization on the global scene. A speech with strong and very political tones in which the former president of the ECB asked for a leap in quality on a fiscal and political level.
The presidency of the Commission on Competitiveness presents a curious coincidence that deserves to be highlighted. Also Carlo Azeglio Ciampi who was Draghi's mentor in 1993, having left Palazzo Chigi, he was called by Brussels to chair a commission on Competitiveness. It brought him luck, because a few years later he became President of the Republic. It is just a coincidence but who knows if the new president of the Commission on Competitiveness does not cultivate in his heart the ambition of one day arriving on the highest hill in Rome, his first aspiration after leaving the ECB.
Certainly as recalled by Franco Locatelli on FIRSTonline, the ratification of Month, the probable green light to Stability pact and now the candidacy of the most authoritative and respected Italian in the world to lead the Commission would be a triple success, a sort of political Davis Cup to keep up with current events, but above all it would be the consecration of Meloni's Italy as a protagonist albeit with some aches belly in the European game. However, he regrets having failed to be nominated for the Presidency of the The for Daniele Franco.
Is the presidency of the Commission or the European Council better for Draghi in Europe?
In this scenario, however, a non-secondary element cannot be overlooked: Draghi's will. As is known, the character is inscrutable and it is not easy to understand his objectives. What appears certain is that the former president of the ECB has no intention of playing the Cincinnato in Città della Pieve. His latest moves prove it. But is the presidency of the Commission his natural destiny? His understanding with Macron is beyond doubt and the French president's sponsorship is not negligible. But it is not easy to find, so to speak, a place for Draghi because after having led the ECB, i.e. the most powerful institution in Europe, the home of the euro and the forge of a monetary policy exercised in total independence, every other European assignment is at least one step lower. And if in any case Europe were to be his destination, wouldn't the Presidency of the European Council be a better position, especially for those who want to push the Union towards greater financial and above all political integration? The game is open.
