The path of Federica Mogherini, head of the Farnesina, towards the seat of High Representative for Foreign Policy of the European Union is becoming more and more uphill. According to the latest rumors from Brussels, 10 or 11 countries are against the name proposed by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. The predominantly Eastern No front (led, it is said, by Poland) is said to be concerned first of all by the closeness of the Italian foreign minister to Moscow and secondly by his inexperience.
The match for the nominations for the new government team of the Union will be played tonight in Brussels in an extraordinary meeting of heads of state and government. There will also be the newly elected President of the Commission, Jean Claude Juncker, who said yesterday that he has not yet had any official communication regarding Mogherini's candidacy.
Meanwhile, at Palazzo Chigi they are preparing plan B. In the event of the definitive rejection of the current Foreign Minister, Renzi would be ready to launch another name, that of Massimo D'Alema. The newspaper La Repubblica writes today, specifying that even the former prime minister would find it difficult to pass, since he is not appreciated by various European chancelleries and by the United States for his positions on the Middle East.
The president of the EU Council, Herman Van Rompuy, has suggested a way out of the impasse, that is to nominate Enrico Letta for the seat of High Representative or that of the Council itself: “Everyone would accept it instantly”. But the Italian government refused without appeal: "For me it's Mogherini or D'Alema", ruled Renzi. Meanwhile, many already take for granted the appointment of Bulgarian Kristaliana Georgieva as EU foreign minister.
