franc Bernabe, one of the leading energy experts in Italy having been at the helm of ENI for a long time, could be the new minister of Ecological transition in the event that Roberto Cingolani considers his mandate concluded? Maybe. Asked about it by the Director of the Press, Massimo Giannini, in a conference in Padua, Bernabè was clear, but did not completely close the doors to his possible entry into the Government, provided that it is the Head of State, Sergio Mattarella, to call him and recommend his appointment.
BERNABE': DRAGONS AND MELONS ARE MANAGING THE POLITICAL TRANSITION WITH GREAT BALANCE”
This political transition – said Bernabè – “finds two people of great balance who are handing over the duties. Draghi he is a man with a deep sense of institutions who sees his responsibility as a citizen, rather than as Prime Minister, in the support without trauma to the next government. And Georgia Meloni – given the prudence and sobriety with which he is managing this transition phase – deserves great appreciation”. When asked if he will join the new government, Bernabè replied: "No one has contacted me and, moreover, it would also be curious if this happened" because "it is known that in terms of political vision I do not belong to that alignment". However the speech would change if it were the President Sergio Mattarella to recommend his ministerial commitment: "In that case, of course - Bernabè specified - faced with a call in the name of the national interest, anyone would have the duty to take it into consideration".
BERNABE': "GERMANY HAS GREAT RESPONSIBILITIES ON THE ENERGY CRISIS" AND RUSSIA DECLARED WAR ON EUROPE BEFORE UKRAINE"
Bernabè was also very clear on the origins of the energy crisis: “Germany – argued the current President of the Italian steelworks and former CEO of ENI – bears a great responsibility for what has happened in the last twenty years: it has allowed to Gazprom to acquire the largest storage facility in the European Union in gas trading in total disregard of European directives. But of course that doesn't erase the more recent faults of the Russia of Putin: "Suddenly, in the third quarter of 2021, Moscow stopped selling gas on electronic platforms and therefore the price skyrocketed: Russia thus declared war on Europe before declaring it onUkraine” and it will take time to come out”.
