This afternoon a decisive City Council meeting will begin on the future of San Siro, and by extension on that of Inter and Milan regarding a new stadium that is still planned to be shared.
The session starts at 16:30, with no set end time. At Palazzo Marino, the seat of the Milan municipality, proceedings will end only once the vote is held on the resolution for the sale of the Meazza and surrounding areas where the two clubs plan to build the new stadium.
According to today’s edition of La Repubblica, no postponements are allowed since the purchase offer from Inter and Milan expires tomorrow, September 30. The session will resume from where it stopped on Thursday, with speeches from both opposition and majority councillors. Then it will move to the review of amendments, voting statements, and the final ballot.
The focus is on the majority, since the decisive votes must come from two councillors who support Mayor Giuseppe Sala, who will be present and ready to vote yes. This would allow the resolution to pass without relying on opposition support, which would trigger a political issue affecting Sala’s administration, already under heavy scrutiny after the urban planning investigation that also concerns the new San Siro project, as pointed out by Calcio e Finanza.
As for the undecided majority members, two remain: Democrat Monica Romano, with optimism inside the PD that she will eventually vote in favor, and Marco Fumagalli, leader of the Sala list. At present, 23 votes in favor are guaranteed. That number would rise to 25 if the two councillors rejoined the majority, reaching the quorum of 25 needed to pass the resolution.
If not, attention will shift to the center-right opposition. If the number of majority councillors against the resolution rises from seven, which is certain today, to eight or even nine, the center-right’s votes would become decisive. In that case, a united no would block the project for San Siro and deal a blow to the Sala administration, stripping the mayor of one of his key battles. At the moment, however, some Forza Italia councillors seem more inclined to walk out of the chamber rather than vote no together with the Greens. Among the Forza Italia members, only Alessandro De Chirico is ready to vote against.
