The Italy of excellence receives two prominent recognitions from the European Union: first with Mario Draghi, then with Enrico Letta. In one of the most difficult moments of the relations between the Ue and'Italy di Giorgia Meloni, two former Italian prime ministers, highly esteemed in Brussels for their competence and high level of Europeanism, are called, one after the other, to lend a hand to the European Union in designing its future in two crucial fields such as competitiveness and the single market. Draghi was wanted directly by the President Ursula Von der Leyen to write a report on competitiveness in Europe and on the policies necessary to strengthen it. His report will certainly not be a notarial report but, on the contrary, the former prime minister and former President of the ECB will fly high. Especially since his work will not be intertwined in the slightest with the European electoral campaign for the spring vote but will be presented later to avoid exploitation. “Competing means innovating and betting on efficiency and competition” said SuperMario recently, fully convinced that faced with the gigantic challenges that Europe faces, no country can do it alone and that therefore more integration is needed.
Also interesting is the task entrusted to Enrico Letta by the next Belgian presidency of the European Union which asks for a report to relaunch the single market and which the former prime minister will have to present at the next European Council in March. “I will work with the utmost commitment in continuity with the ideas of Jacques Delors” said Letto. For Italy, these are two excellent pieces of news and confirm that Brussels has no prejudice towards our country and that, if anything, it is the failures of the current government - of Matteo Salvini first and foremost but also of Giorgia Meloni - that are irritating the European Commission with the reluctance to sign (which does not mean adopting) the ESM, with the distrust towards Brussels' proposal for a new Stability and Growth Pact, with the delays in the implementation of the Pnrr and with the specious attacks on the Italian Eurocommissioner Paolo Gentiloni. It's a bit as if the EU were saying: we appreciate Italy but that Italy which has a high rate of Europeanism and which has a vision opposite to that of Salvini and partly of Meloni herself. The signal from Brussels is clear and officially the centre-right takes note of it, but coldly. In reality, both Meloni and Salvini are annoyed and understand very well that it is not with their ideas and with their bizarre alliances (from Le Pen to Orban) that Italy can hope to count in Europe. Luckily there are Draghi and Letta to hold our flag high but above all to think like true Europeans against too much populism and short-sighted provincialism circulating in our country. This is the Italy we like, not the sovereignist one.
