There are only a few days left before the start of the new parliament. Time is running out for Giorgia Maloney: she is expected to be tasked with forming a government soon, La Stampa reports, citing Rador.

He worked on it for two weeks, and despite the secrecy of the negotiations he tried to maintain, the difficulties he faced were clear:

• on the one hand, she has an ally in Matteo Salvini, who is running for the post of interior minister, while she would be happy to avoid a repeat of the yellow-green government;
• on the other hand, he has an ally in Silvio Berlusconi, who would like to get a powerful ministry for his confidant Licia Ronzulli, and the potential prime minister would like to leave behind a second-rate department.

It is no coincidence that Silvio Berlusconi gave an interview to Il Giornale on Monday to say that the veto will not be accepted.

Last but not least, there remains the issue of the technical specialists whom Maloney would be happy to bring into government but about whom allies are puzzled: and perhaps her constituents too, after years of hearing her preach about the need to get back to the vote and for “the government elected by the people”.

After that, he will have to lead: “We have a common agenda,” the three leaders insisted on the campaign trail, to ensure there would be no disagreements or splits over the choices they make.

However, this morning Salvini took the opportunity of an interview with the president of Confindustria Bonomi, published by La Stampa, to demand again that Italy borrow at least 30 billion to help compatriots who have problems paying their bills: it’s just a shame that Maloney for a long time opposed the hypothesis of a new variation of the budget.

There are still a few days left to untie all the knots and plunge into an adventure from which, as she herself admits, “the veins tremble on her wrists.”