Vannaccians' first challenge on the Ukraine dl: 'We will see how many absentees in the League'

The organisation chart and the first moves of Futuro Nazionale, the political creature launched on 3 February by MEP Roberto Vannacci after his exit from the League, are beginning to be defined. For the role of national membership manager, the general has chosen Annamaria Frigo, a former Fdi member who joined the League and then Futuro nazionale. But all eyes are on tomorrow when 'Futuro Nazionale with Vannacci makes its debut in the Chamber of Deputies in the name of defending national interests,' say the deputies Emanuele Pozzolo, Rossano Sasso and Edoardo Ziello in view of the debate on the amendments to the Ukraine dl. The Vannaccians in the House tabled a suppressive amendment to the decree to oppose the sending of arms. 'Let's see how many patriots in the centre-right will vote in favour of the Italians and above all how many absentees there will be among the ranks of the League, which has been saying for months that it no longer wants to send aid to Zelensky but then, in fact, blatantly denies itself and always votes in favour,' they explain.

The first organisational challenge for the general who says he is inspired by Charles de Gaulle will be the membership campaign, ready to start immediately after the Viminale's green light for party registration. "In a fortnight's time, both online and on paper," is Frigo's prediction. "The cost of the annual membership card will be at least 10 euro and three types of support for the party are envisaged," reveals the municipal councillor in Bagni di Lucca, a graduate in economics and commerce, a collaborator of Massimiliano Simoni, the general's lieutenant, who was included as a chief candidate and in the blocked list for the League in the last regional elections in Tuscany in which he was elected: "We have shared two political campaigns for the region, when I ran with Fdi in 2020 and in the last competition in 2025," said Frigo, who professes to be an early Vannaccian: "I have been following Roberto since the beginning, that is, since he presented The World on the Reverse.

Together with the two former Legahist deputies Rossano Sassoand Edoardo Ziello, Simoni is part of the quartet of founders who, together with founder Vannacci, were present in the notary's office where the statute of Futuro nazionale was registered on 7 February. The symbol had been filed on 24 January: pending the outcome of any appeals, it remains unchanged.

Vannacci would hold the role of president, not secretary. While Simoni would be entrusted with the role of coordinator of the movement.