Waiting to know the will of Silvio Berlusconi which will have decisive effects on share structure of Fininvest, all to decipher is the future of Forza Italia which will hardly avoid the sunset. Giorgia Meloni is in pole position to inherit most of the Knight's votes but the absence of close electoral appointments – the first vote will be in spring 2024 with the elections for the new European Parliament – also gives hope to the Alloy e Italy Viva by Matteo Renzi in the distribution of the consents of Forza Italia.
The future of Forza Italia: the unknowns
But speaking of the party founded and for many years led by Berlusconi two are the main ones unknowns on the carpet: symbol and debts. Who will the party symbol which until now was in the hands of the founder? According to the first evaluations following Berlusconi's death, the Forza Italia symbol should go to his five children, who will decide how to use it. But even more burning is the question of party debt which usually compensated Berlusconi. Forza Italia currently owes about 90 million to Berlusconi: who will pay them? A decisive voice in the matter will probably be played by his daughter Marina who, as Fininvest's number one, had apparently already recommended reducing expenses in politics and football. But will Marina feel like pulling the plug on her father's political creature? The future of Forza Italia is a puzzle to be deciphered but it will take some time to understand how it will end.
