A new alliance capable of defining power relations within the European Union.
To elect new EU leaders, to reduce the odds in favor of a repeat of Ursula von der Leyen and to marginalize the right, including that of Giorgia Meloni.
The "Weimar Triangle," the cooperation group between France, Germany, and Poland, is becoming more than just a cooperation agreement.
A pact to lead and politically orient the union in the near future. With little sympathy for the current command team of the Palazzo Berlaymont and much suspicion of the Meloni government.
If less than two years ago the "Draghi-Macron-Scholz Triangle" was born on the train to Kiev, that agreement has already been forgotten and Italy is no longer part of the European leadership block. A significant reduction for Rome.
It is no coincidence that the "Weimar Triangle" has reunited after a break of more than 13 years.
The French president, the German chancellor and the new Polish prime minister have scrapped an old agreement to create a new balance in Europe.
First on the war in Ukraine, but the deal is moving towards everything else.
A "feeling" that is inspired by the fact that Poland is becoming a point of reference for NATO in Europe. Suffice it to say that it is among the few partners that respect the contribution of 2 percent of GDP to military spending. Warsaw is even at 3.92 percent. More than the US.
And it is no coincidence that last week the foreign ministers of the three countries signed an editorial with a clear objective: to stop the pro-Putin front of the Old Continent right.
"We cannot allow any gray areas," they wrote on April 3.
Therefore, the governments of Paris, Berlin and Warsaw are becoming the plastic translation of the pro-European majority that has prevailed so far in the European Parliament: Liberals, Socialists and People's Parties.
With little sympathy for Ursula von der Leyen. For different reasons.
The French president feels betrayed by her recent moves and believes a stronger candidate is needed to face the next five years.
Even at the last European Council, he outlined the identikit of a "technician".
The German chancellor, as leader of the SPD, is not ready to stand at the barricades for his compatriot and knows that without him he can give the Green allies a place as EU Commissioner.
So, the Polish prime minister cannot stand the concessions made by the European Commission to any right-wing leader, primarily to Meloni, who has not unequivocally cut off relations with the pro-Russian fronts, especially that of the Hungarian Viktor Orban.
The Chairperson of the Commission has thus begun to understand that the line followed so far is compromising the race for confirmation.
Yesterday, he opened the election campaign in Greece with the right-wing Prime Minister of Athens, Mitsotakis.
"Putin's friends here in Europe - underlined von der Layen - are trying to rewrite our history and sabotage our future. The names may be different, but their goal is the same, they violate our values and want to destroy our Europe. We will never allow it to happen."
But feeling with the Italian Prime Minister, who was tactically asked to have a few more votes in the next Parliament and also in the European Council, which will name the new President of the Commission, turns out to be counterproductive.
And in fact Antonio Tajani, the influential foreign minister in the European People's Party, begins to show caution.
According to him, "the EPP voted in the congress and suggests the name of Ursula von der Leyen. But there is still no candidate for the treaty. It is too early to understand how things will end."
And Giorgia Meloni, who had bet on mutual friendship with von der Layen, is realizing that she may no longer be the winning name.
And indeed, the process of marginalization in the decision-making procedures of Brussels is becoming alarming./ La Repubblica