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The secrets of the 'Amigo' hotel, where Meloni, Macron and Scholz discuss between bottles of wine and anecdotes of European leaders

2023-12-14 23:42:49Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The secrets of the 'Amigo' hotel, where Meloni, Macron and Scholz
The secrets of the "Amigo" hotel in Brussels, where Meloni, Macron and Scholz discuss the fate of Europe

If the walls of the "Amigo" hotel in Brussels had ears and could talk, they would tell many stories and secrets. Several centuries, since the iconic hotel in the heart of the Belgian capital served as a prison 500 years ago and the families of the prisoners were ashamed to accept the history of relatives who ended up behind bars.

In the last twenty years, private conversations, nocturnal confrontations, shortcomings and anecdotes have been added to the very ancient secrets of prisoners and even those condemned to death who, according to legend, arrived at the Grand Place to be guillotined. many European leaders who come to sleep at "Amigo", at least during European Council meetings.

Last night the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was there at one o'clock, between a glass of champagne and a bottle of French red wine. After more than two hours of conversation, first with Macron and then with Scholz, she barely greeted the waiters before three o'clock in the morning, it must be said that even Angela Merkel, with her staff and bottles of wine, hardly greeted the waiters before three o'clock at night.

If the walls of the hotel could talk, they would surely remember the sometimes harsh, certainly very critical words that Merkel and Macron addressed to Giuseppe Conte one night four years ago, blaming him for signing the "Road to Silk" with China, breaking European unity.

They told him together that he was wrong, and they obviously told him after inviting him to the bar's table, in the corner that has been the night corner of the German delegation for 15 years, including him in a private format where the leader of the "Five Stars" in His first European councils were unsuccessful.

In a ground-floor hotel room, the prime minister's last sip of champagne late at night during her ice-melting meeting with Macron in March.

Since Meloni took office she has without hesitation chosen the hotel preferred by Germany and France for European summits. The bar has recently been renovated, with wallpaper reproducing the Cubist period of the Belgian painter Magritte, while the rooms are filled with much lighter paintings of another Belgian cultural icon, little Tintin.

Mateo Renzi also went to sleep there and was happy for the morning training, as there are dark windows in the gym. Even Giorgio Napolitano passed by and unwittingly added an anecdote about "Amigo".

The Quirinale had reserved the largest suite, which is essentially a house, complete with a meeting room, lounge, fireplace, terrace with a dozen deck chairs and a view of the Grand Place. At that time it was simply called the Merkel suite, as the chancellor was very fond of it. But the then Italian Head of State, as soon as he crossed the threshold, looked around, took a few more steps and became curious, saying: "Can you tell me how much all this costs?". The manager accompanying him answered, while Napolitano replied: "I prefer another, smaller room."

The number of rooms that the top three EU countries book each time is also a secret, in theory. But in addition to confidential data, over the years they have also become a curious reference point of the different geopolitical weight of Germany, France and Italy. When the chancellor arrives, they give more or less the cards for 30 rooms to the chief of German protocol, about twenty to his counterpart in the Elysee and to the Palazzo Chigi official, a number that fluctuates around 15.

A plate of pasta with tomato sauce, at the Bocconi restaurant, which is part of the hotel, costs 28 euros. But ultimately you pay for the privilege of being able to meet three European leaders, from three founding countries of the Union, having breakfast together. Some people are fascinated by this idea./Corriere della Sera


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