Will a Draghi-led government affect the EU?
Despite all the buzz, #Draghi’s mandate - by finding its legitimacy in multiple sanitary, economic & democratic emergencies affecting the country - is set to confine his action to Italy (spoiler)
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Despite all the buzz, #Draghi’s mandate - by finding its legitimacy in multiple sanitary, economic & democratic emergencies affecting the country - is set to confine his action to Italy (spoiler)
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Contrary to conventional wisdom, #Draghi’s government is not technocratic but hybrid in nature with a surprisingly low-profile team, made of 2nd/3rd tier politicians and few technocrats without EU experience
This won’t help Mario in Brussels.
This won’t help Mario in Brussels.
To see Draghi play some role in #euco need to wait few months, with Italian action plan submitted &validated, Covid-19 brought under control...
Ultimately, #draghi’s projection into EU conditional on his ability to make his incompatible supporting parties speak with 1 voice
Ultimately, #draghi’s projection into EU conditional on his ability to make his incompatible supporting parties speak with 1 voice
True: should #Draghi last, he might benefit of power vacuum left by Merkel’s departure, Macron distracted by domestic politics / elections, and with franco-german axis in need of a pro-European, Atlanticist and willing ally to lead Europe
#Draghi is one of the few genuinely pan-EU political figures, without necessarily being a politician. He already contributed to EU project, by saving its currency
These factors give him the sort of political capital in EU Council that no other head of gov’t has had in the past
These factors give him the sort of political capital in EU Council that no other head of gov’t has had in the past
How #Draghi’s EU past will play out in #euco ? How other EU leaders will react to / engage with and overall perceive Mario Draghi, now PM?
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