With the approach of the 2018 political elections, curiosity about the candidates and the curious case of the center-right coalition grows. The alliance recently signed between the three parties is currently divided on the name of their Premier candidate in the event of a victory, with Giorgia Meloni and Matteo Salvini already candidates for their respective parties and Forza Italia still in doubt about the name to be launched.
This situation of uncertainty is most likely linked to the incandiability of the now ex-knight Silvio Berlusconi: the elections of March 4th are approaching and there is still no news from Europe on the possible ruling of the EU Court that could subvert the situation. According to what is leaking in these hours, the news would not be exactly positive for Berlusconi: "It is difficult to provide a date for the sentence", in fact explained today in Strasbourg Guido Raimondi, president of the European Court of Human Rights. (Ansa). Meanwhile, sources close to the Court tell us that usually the appeals judged in the Grand Chamber (as in the case of Berlusconi) are issued with a sentence about 9-11 months after the hearing. Taking into account that Berlusconi's hearing was held last November 22nd, there seems to be little hope that the fateful decision will arrive in time for the Italian political elections.
Hence Berlusconi's continuous search for a suitable “dolphin” who could replace him in the event of a victory, so as not to leave too much decision-making power to the allies. The choice of the premier seems to be postponed until after the vote, even if some names are beginning to circulate. One above all: Antonio Tajani, president of the European Parliament since January 17, 2017. So Silvio Berlusconi launched the name of Tajani to RTL microphons: “If it were possible to have Antonio Tajani as premier it would be a wonderful choice. Tajani is one of the founders of Forza Italia, he has shown absolute and total loyalty to our ideas over the years "
The response of the leader of the Brothers of Italy Giorgia Meloni was not long in coming, speaking to Agorà who underlined: “Tajani is not the candidate of Fdi, who as we know is Giorgia Meloni. Italians choose which proposal convinces them the most. At the head of Italy I prefer to have a movement and a person more capable of putting their feet in Europe than I have seen done in recent years "
A move by Silvio Berlusconi who seems to have annoyed the far right wing of his Matteo Salvini has not made itself felt at the moment, but his historical anti-European position can only recall a position similar to that of Giorgia Meloni.
In short, if Berlusconi can not be directly candidate does not seem to want to give the step to the allies reserving to propose personalities such as Tajani of great stature that would be accepted by many opponents, perhaps in view of a future great coalition.