Adnkronos Rome, 14 Nov. (Adnkronos) – "The situation is very serious, I believe it is the first effect of Donald Trump's election as President of the United States, which also has repercussions on the European debate, because it is clear that until a few weeks ago the EPP had made a clear choice, on Europeanism, excluding the extreme right, but in recent weeks, and then in recent days, there have been many programmatic openings made to the extreme right. This is not acceptable. Therefore, the issue is political, not related to Fitto". Thus Matteo Ricci, MEP for the Democratic Party, in an intervention on Radio1.
"The real point is that Giorgia Meloni's party, belonging to the conservative group, did not vote for Ursula Von der Leyen's pro-European program in July. Do the conservatives agree to accelerate the ecological transition? Do they agree to an investment plan as proposed by Draghi? Do they agree to remove the right of veto from individual states? The answers are all no. But these are the points of Von der Leyen's pro-European program. This is the real contradiction. It is clear that Italy must have a weighty commissioner, but if Meloni had proposed a member of Forza Italia instead of a member of FdI, which is outside the European majority, this whole debate would not have taken place", continued Ricci.
"It was, therefore, a forcing by Giorgia Meloni. Unless Ursula Von der Leyen wants to expand the majority to the right. This is the knot to untie, a political and programmatic knot. If Von der Leyen wants to change the program and alliances, everything changes", concluded Ricci.
