Emergenza pandemica e verticalizzazione del potere nella struttura dell’Esecutivo. Il ruolo del Presidente del Consiglio

di Ines Ciolli

SOMMARIO: 1. La mancanza di una definizione univoca di potere Esecutivo. – 2. La massima concentrazione del minimo potere (politico) nel potere esecutivo. Trasformazioni e verticalizzazione del potere esecutivo. L’evoluzione della funzione di governo. – 3. L’evoluzione del ruolo del Presidente del Consiglio. – 4. Capo dello Stato e Presidente del Consiglio: una relazione dinamica in costante evoluzione. – 5. I governi della crisi pandemica: i due Governi Conte e il Governo Draghi. Osservazioni sparse.

The “Presidente del Consiglio” since the time of the statute is the link between the individual power of the ministers and the collegial power of the council of ministers. He is endowed with his own powers, but his leadership is horizontal and not vertical: he coordinates, not imposes, or decides autonomously and discretionally. The pandemic and the implementation of the PNRR have provided an opportunity to verify the resilience of these horizontal powers when the figure of the president of the council has experienced its greatest media expansion; yet, in the writer's opinion, the thesis of a power that is identified with impulse and promotion has not been disproved. Today, in the presence of multiple horizontal relations between powers, this is the most modern and sophisticated form of power, made up of moral suasion and management of soft law sources. In other words, today more than ever, the constitutional dictate proves to be far-sighted and entrusts this highly refined form of power to the president of the council, while confirming the collegial decision-making power of the Council of ministers.