For the first time since the evening of the electoral victory, the premier in pectore marks a

clear distance from the Draghi government

, both in terms of tone and substance.

"We inherit a difficult situation: the delays of the PNRR - he says - are evident and difficult to recover and we are aware that it

will be a lack that does not depend on us

but which will also be attributed to us by those who determined it".

A bit of an accusation, a bit of an attempt to get our hands on, aware of the difficulties and risks for the country.

And what comes from the current Prime Minister seems to be a distant replica.

"

There are no delays in the implementation of the NRP

: if there were any, the Commission would not pay the money",

The day the bell will ring and the current prime minister will leave Palazzo Chigi is approaching and

Draghi intends to leave a clear message to those who will come

: so far, Italy has done its homework.

The former ECB number one makes it clear to the ministers, summoned to Palazzo Chigi for the control room in which he illustrates the report on the state of implementation of the plan: in the first half of 2022, "

Italy has once again reached everyone the objectives of the NRP

, as the European Commission ascertained last week ", he clarifies.

This is why

Italy will be able to receive another 21 billion euros

, after the 45.9 billion received in recent months.

As for the second semester, he then underlines, implementation "is proceeding faster than our original schedules".

Giorgia

Meloni, however, does not think so

and warns her: "We are facing perhaps the most difficult phase in the history of the Italian republic", she says.

However, at Palazzo Chigi they do not intend to open a dialectic on the issue even if the sentence that the FdI leader would have delivered to her people on

the European Council of 20 and 21 October

has not gone unnoticed .

Meloni will not be there due to a problem of timing but also, these are her words, because "

the dossier was handled by others and the meeting in the end risks being a failure

".

Shortly after, it is pointed out, the letter from Ursula von del Leyen arrived to the EU countries on the possibility of "considering a price ceiling in relation to the TTF" in order to continue to guarantee the supply of gas to Europe and to all States. members.

On the part of Palazzo Chigi "satisfaction" filters out for this letter even if it remains the "

informal European council

opening

today in Prague

.

Meanwhile, Moody's analysis in the updated Credit Opinion on Italian sovereign debt sounds like a warning: "We would probably downgrade Italy's ratings if we were to anticipate a significant

weakening of the country's medium-term growth prospects

, probably due to the lack of implementation. growth-enhancing reforms, including those outlined in the country's NRP ".

He continues: "The right-wing coalition that won the recent elections should try to renegotiate some aspects of the NRP. This will likely delay its implementation, putting

downward pressure on investment spending

at a time when high inflation and the risks to energy supply are already weighing on 

From the Meloni headquarters they deny any change of attitude on the issue.

"There is no dispute,

Giorgia repeated what she always says

. Already in the spring programmatic conference she had said that

the PNRR must be modified

".

Then, it is pointed out, the plan discounts the fact that it was "imagined and decided before the outbreak of the war in Ukraine: it does not address the crisis in terms of investments for families and businesses and does not take into account the increase in the cost of raw materials. : we are talking about 30% more.

The government says it has allocated 7 billion but the necessary budget is at least six times higher

". The PNRR, the premier in pectore is aware, will be the real test for the future government. Together with the maneuver. Time is running out for the

budget law

too and Draghi and Franco could in the meantime present the programmatic document as early as next week. of the Budget, respecting the EU deadline of mid-October but indicating only the non-deferrable expenses, while waiting for the transition to take place, and for the next government to make its economic policy choices.