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The Marina Berlusconi effect on the Meloni government

The Prime Minister and the chairwoman of Mondadori would, in theory, have everything going for them: they are both women, well-educated, ambitious, and, in a sense, both act as a bulwark against right-wing extremism. Yet, in recent times, within government circles and within the ranks of Fratelli d’Italia, a frenzy has arisen concerning Marina

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Claudio Cerasa
26 JUL 26
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Giorgia and Marina: but what do they have to do with this summer? Giorgia Meloni and Marina Berlusconi are the most unlikely pairing of the summer. A pairing that, in theory, could work well. The first, Giorgia Meloni, enabled the centre-right to govern for four years, and who knows what lies ahead. The second, Marina Berlusconi, has sought to keep Forza Italia on a steady course of pro-Europeanism, with a focus on growth, competition and anti-Trumpism. Meloni and Berlusconi – that is, Marina – would, in theory, have everything going for them: both are women, well-educated, ambitious and, in a certain sense, both act as a bulwark against right-wing extremism. And yet, in recent times, within government circles and within the world of Fratelli d’Italia, a kind of hysteria has arisen regarding Marina. What does she really want to do? Does she want to split the centre-right and side with the PD? Does she want to strengthen the centre, creating a large and genuine third pole? Does she want to play her cards right for the Quirinale? Does she want to stand in the way if Meloni were to call an early election? Does she want to scupper the electoral law? Does she want to keep the current law, which would make a deadlock less likely than the new one? Panic and speculation. Unfounded accusations, of course, but one thing is certain: with the coalition ticking away like a clock that has started the countdown, the idea that conspiracies might be afoot is not a question of ‘if’ but of ‘when’. And when that point is reached, it means that the elections are not far off. Tick-tock.
    
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Claudio Cerasa

Nasce a Palermo nel 1982, vive a Roma da parecchio tempo, lavora al Foglio dal 2005 e da gennaio 2015 è direttore. Ha scritto qualche libro (“Le catene della destra” e “Le catene della sinistra”, con Rizzoli, “Io non posso tacere”, con Einaudi, “Tra l’asino e il cane. Conversazione sull’Italia”, con Rizzoli, “La Presa di Roma”, con Rizzoli, e "Ho visto l'uomo nero", con Castelvecchi), è su Twitter.

E’ interista, ma soprattutto palermitano. Va pazzo per i Green Day, gli Strokes, i Killers, i tortini al cioccolato e le ostriche ghiacciate. Due figli.