Primo voto per il Quirinale tra scheda bianca e positivi
AGI – Girandola di incontri, ma si va verso fumata nera. Salvini vede Letta, “Spero non ci siano solo no”. Il segretario Pd Letta pronto a sondare il centrodestra anche sull’ipotesi Draghi: “Chiederemo se il no al premier è definitivo. Per noi Mattarella sarebbe il massimo”.
Per l’occasione è stato nuovamente ‘liberato’ il Transatlantico, noto anche come il corridoio dei passi perduti, dopo che nelle settimane precedenti era stato di nuovo trasformato in un prolungamento dell’Aula e quindi interdetto ai giornalisti. Alcuni maxi schermi sono stati posizionati nei punti strategici del lungo corridoio, così da consentire a tutti di poter assistere alle operazioni di voto, che partiranno alle 15.
The Draghi dilemma: Italian presidential election risks turbulence
Financial Times – The vote for a new head of state could weaken the government and damage the prospects of economic reform.
In the days before Christmas, Italian prime minister Mario Draghi was peppered with journalists’ questions about the biggest issue looming over Italy’s future. Was Draghi ready to move on from the job he took on 11 months ago and assume the presidency when incumbent Sergio Mattarella’s term ends on February 3? Traditionally, protocol dictates prospective Italian presidents firmly rebuff any suggestion of interest in a job whose selection process is akin to a Papal conclave — no formal candidates, multiple secret ballots and intense backroom negotiations. Yet Draghi gave a response which, for Italy’s political class, was clearly a coded offer of availability. “I don’t have any particular aspirations of one type or another,” the former European Central Bank president said. “I am a man, a grandfather, at the service of the institutions.”
Secret ballot to elect president of Italy begins as Berlusconi drops out
TheGuardian – Lawmakers and regional delegates will vote for successor to Sergio Mattarella, who steps down on 3 February.
Italian parliamentarians will begin casting their votes for a new president on Monday after the scandal-plagued Silvio Berlusconi abandoned his dream of becoming the next head of state.
More than 1,000 lawmakers and regional delegates will participate in the complex secret ballot, described as being akin to the appointment of a new pope, that could go through several rounds before a successor to Sergio Mattarella, who is due to step down on 3 February, is elected.
