Two very different characters could not take the stage: on one side Mario Monti, the sober and sharp man of institutions. On the other Roberto Vannacci, the burly general used to frontal assaults. The match (dialectical, of course) will take place on Lake Como, at The European House Ambrosetti in Cernobbio, the event that every September brings together the fine world of Italian and European politics.
Ambrosetti’s invitation to the general, leader of Futuro Nazionale, sparked quite a debate (Carlo Calenda, for example, decided to give up his appearance in protest) and Monti, the Professor, is ready for the confrontation. As he explains to Corriere della Sera, the former prime minister and now lifetime senator set only one condition for the organizers: “That the debate be public and everyone could follow it even from outside, making an exception to the rule of Chatham House conversations (private, not attributable, editor’s note) of the Forum.”
No video or artificial intelligence: at Villa d’Este Vannacci will be able to rely only on his straightforward, direct speech. And he may find a virtual ally to warm up the atmosphere, because just before him on stage will also speak Jordan Bardella, president of the French Rassemblement national.
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“About Roberto Vannacci and Europe we know one thing and ignore another – Monti previews to Corsera -. The thing we know is that what the general proposes violates the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty is fully part of the treaties themselves. We know this, but it is advisable to bring it out.”
“What we do not know about both General Vannacci and Bardella, regarding Europe, is something else – the former European commissioner adds -: these two nationalisms, if they were in government, what would they do for relations between Italy and France and what would they do for European policies in Brussels?”
