A Palazzo Chigi he moved on February 13th. And in March next year it could move to Quirinale. Life from Mario Draghi: at 74, the prime minister is more perky than ever. The 2021 of Mister Whatever it takes it was full of challenges (won). From the Recovery plan, which the premier completed in his first hundred days of government, to the measures to combat the pandemic, with the vaccination campaign entrusted to General Figliuolo and the extended use of the green pass, up to the maneuver, which however still presents knots to be solved, such as that on pensions.
Recovery
He had to be the savior of the homeland, indeed of the PNRR. And so it was. Less than three months after his arrival at Palazzo Chigi, Mario Draghi completed the tricolor Recovery plan, rewriting the one inherited from Giuseppe Conte. The plan, which is worth 248 billion euros between European funds and internal investments, was sent to the EU on 30 April, respecting the established deadlines. In the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, the premier reiterated more than once, the destiny of the country is contained. Ecological transition, digitization, renewal of the public administration and interventions on transport infrastructures to make them more sustainable and efficient are the priorities.
«We have achieved all 51 objectives», said Draghi, «and at the moment the signing of the operational agreement is under discussion in the Commission. The government remains ready to support the economy in the event of a slowdown, the main challenge remains to increase the rate of growth in the long run and resolve structural weaknesses starting from inequalities».
Pandemic
Prevention is better than cure. To try to curb the infections, Draghi has made the European Green Pass for travel beyond national borders an all-round “pass”, also useful for going to work or traveling on vehicles or attending gyms. There are currently two versions of the green certificate, the standard one (for which it is enough to be negative in an antigen test) and the reinforced one (reserved for vaccinated people). “Do you remember Christmas last year? We want to save ourselves a different Christmas ”, explained Draghi before introducing the obligation. This obligation will remain valid throughout the state of emergency, which the former ECB number one has just extended to March 31st. Meanwhile, vaccines have seen the number of doses administered rise to almost 107 million (85.44% of the population covered with two doses).
In the fight against Covid, the solid point is that of vaccines, at this moment the priority is the third dose, the premier said in the press conference at the end of the year. “The Omicron variant opens a new phase, but vaccines remain the best defense against the virus“. The vaccination obligation remains the last resort, but it is not excluded.
Maneuver
From the Superbonus extended to the fight against expensive bills, from pensions to the squeeze on citizenship income. The Budget Law will be Draghi’s calling card to conquer the Quirinale. The Superbonus 110%, one of the hottest chapters of this maneuver, has been extended until 2025. 3.8 billion euros have been raised against the rise in energy prices. As for pensions, a possible shock return to Fornero is alarming. The premier aims at a structural revision of the pension reform introduced by the Monti government. Finally, on the Basic income: the government has decided to tighten controls to counter the cunning of the bonus and to trigger the forfeiture of the benefit after only two suitable job offers rejected instead of three.
Future
“My personal destiny matters absolutely nothing, I have no particular aspirations of one kind or another, I am a man and a grandfather in the service of institutions“. Mario Draghi talks about the government, but also about himself in the press conference at the end of the year. The questions point so much to the future and he puts his hands back on today. «The important thing is to live in the present and do it as well as possible. Maybe I’m wrong, but the reasons for the government’s success, for me certainly but I think also for other ministers, is that it has worked on the present without wondering what is in the future, what is there for me in the future “. For Draghi, the government can go ahead regardless of who leads it. The model comes from the highest hill. “The example of President Mattarella is perhaps the best guide to interpreting the role of the Head of State in the Constitution. It guaranteed national unity with a large majority that supported and protected the government by doing the best possible ».
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