Raffaele Fitto has resigned and is ready for a new start in Brussels. But the vacant position in the executive must be filled: hence the sprint for the election of a new minister, who will keep all the delegations so far in the hands of the now Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms and Executive President of the new Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen . So on the day of the resignation of the head of the PNRR, Cohesion, South and European Affairs, the chances are growing that in the end Giorgia Meloni will opt not to unpack the dossiers entrusted to her super loyalist, closing the game as soon as possible. By next week, there are those who are betting maybe as early as Monday.

The final word has not yet been pronounced, but those who have spoken to the Prime Minister in these hours assure that the Prime Minister is weighing all the pros and cons of the various options on the table. She has also spoken about it at length with Fitto himself, who announced his resignation via social media. "Two intense and exciting years", from the swearing-in in the hands of Sergio Mattarella until now, writes the Apulian who now moves to Palazzo Berlaymont with the new role of Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms and, above all, Executive President of the new Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen. An "unforgettable" experience, writes the now ex-minister, thanking everyone, colleagues, collaborators, and Meloni who had "full confidence" in him. It is not easy, say those well-informed, to find the right profile to replace him, so much so that for weeks it has been hypothesized to identify more figures, to whom to entrust the various delegations, except that Pnrr and Cohesion have imagined themselves continuing hand in hand from the beginning. The names, or more likely the name, are being kept under wraps.

There has been talk mostly of the current head of the secret services (and G7 sherpa), Elisabetta Belloni, of Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata and of Edmondo Cirielli but none of the three, according to the latest rumors, would really be in the game. Cards covered until the last. Certainly "the decision is up to Meloni", as everyone repeats, including Ignazio La Russa, convinced that "even in this" the prime minister will act "in the interest of Italy". "I would never allow myself" to give her suggestions, says the president of the Senate, who then emphasizes however that "easier" would be "to find the energy in ready politics", among "the parliamentarians".