Giorgia Meloni she had given her all, really all, to quickly redo her look and appear a normal aspiring prime minister, even if of the extreme right, in the eyes of the markets and international institutions. But it was a trick and, like all tricks, it melted like snow in the sun. Two unforgivable gaffes in a few hours that perhaps will make Meloni gain more consensus in the electorate who vote with her belly but will certainly make it very difficult for her to govern in the event she wins the elections and manages to put together a hitherto contentious majority.
MELONI'S FIRST SLIP: THE ATTACKS ON EUROPE IN MILAN'S PIAZZA DUOMO
The first slip the leader of the Brothers of Italy consumed on Sunday afternoon in front of the Cathedral of Milano when she indulged in a reckless attack on the European Union, arguing that if al Government she arrives, "in Europe the free ride is over". Political commentators say Meloni's exit was calculated to steal votes from hated partner Matteo Salvini. It may also be that in doing so Meloni collected a few more votes, but let's imagine the bewilderment not only of the Governors of the League but of the European chancelleries and the Quirinal. With such a recklessly aggressive line, the real risk is that the free ride ends not for theEurope but for Italy. And above all: what fun would it be for a Europe that has reserved for us an anti-Covid dowry of 200 billion euros, richer than the legendary Marshall Plan, which we have already collected in part but which we risk destroying in the future if we will get caught up in the Melonian and Salvinian madness of wanting to renegotiate the Pnrr? How will Meloni present herself in Brussels after the shooting in Piazza Duomo? And how will you go about reproaching the EU for "the masterpiece of creating Europe's energy dependence on Russia" while pretending to ignore that at the origin of Italy's dependence on Russian gas there is a political partner of his, who is called Silvio Berlusconi always in fraternal relations with Tsar Vladimir, so to speak Putin?
SECOND SLIP: THE ATTACK ON DRAGONS AND THE INCREDIBLE CONFUSION ABOUT THE PUBLIC DEBT
But that's not all. Revealing a gross ignorance in matters of public finance and without being able to distinguish between the absolute value and the relative value of the public debt in relation to GDP, the leader of the right had the audacity to attack Mario Draghi precisely on the ground in which he is a master and in which he has an international credibility that no Italian in the world has. "The government of the best - thundered Meloni at a rally in Cosenza - gave us an increase of 116 billion in public debt in fifteen months" and some sites, which claim to know a lot but which evidently do not know the ABC of public finance, down to applaud saying that yes, that's right and that the size of our public debt mentioned by Meloni is the right one. It is a pity that anyone who handles public finance issues with some knowledge of the facts knows very well that what matters is not the absolute value of the debt but his relationship with GDP. Report that for Italy, under the direction of Draghi, fell by 4,5% in 2021 and is estimated at 3,8% in 2022 with an unprecedented reduction and greater than that of any other European country. Someone should inform the imprudent Mrs. Meloni and also ask her an easy question: but how can a right wing, like that of the Brothers of Italy, think of being taken seriously, which criticizes the Draghi government on public debt after having done everything to feed the cheerful finance with the request for lower taxes and more spending for businesses and households without the slightest respect for the sustainability of public finances? Maybe he's not really wrong that he reminds us that we shouldn't keep Meloni for the damage it can cause to democracy but for the much more concrete ones that it risks causing to the wallet of all Italians.
What an absurd and ridiculous article, obviously the GDP/dp ratio has dropped, after the covid-19 pandemic (period in which we hit rock bottom) in 2021 / 2022 there was a global economic rebound and Italy also had an increase in GDP and Draghi obviously has no merit, even a sixth grade schoolboy would understand it. I understand that your back is burning for the polls that give your ramshackle paladins (who have no government program to date) at an all-time low, but the "journalist" should be a little more awake in order to avoid similar slip-ups.
Here are the defenders of the melons who intervene like mules