The European Commission (EC) announced on Monday (26) that it expects “constructive cooperation” with the future government of Italy, which will likely have the right-wing leader Giorgia Meloni as prime minister.
“The Commission and the President (Ursula von der Leyen) work with governments coming out of the polls in elections in EU countries. We look forward to constructive cooperation with the new Italian authorities,” said EC Chief Spokesperson Eric Mamer, in a press conference.
The coalition formed by the Brothers of Italy, League and Force Italy won this Sunday’s general elections, with the first of the parties, led by Meloni, being the most voted, with 26.2%, which makes it in charge of forming the government.
According to the representative of the Executive of the European Union, “the Commission works extremely hard to face the problems that the Europeans have together, and the Italians in particular”.
“Five Years of Stability”
The leader of the right-wing A Liga party, Matteo Salvini, assured on Monday that “five years of stability” are in store for Italy, with the victory of ally Giorgia Meloni in the country’s general elections.
“Today is a Monday where there is a government elected by citizens, with a clear center-right majority, and we will remain for five years, without changes, focusing on what needs to be done”, said the politician, commenting on the 44% of the votes obtained by the coalition formed by the League, the Brothers of Italy, and the Força Italia, which will allow a majority government in the Chamber and Senate.
Salvini revealed that he congratulated Meloni during the night for his victory in the election.
“Now, we will work together”, guaranteed the leader of the League, before adding that a meeting is planned for today between the allies, so that a new cabinet can be formed.
Salvini pointed out that the Italians have rewarded opposition to the government of the current prime minister, Mario Draghi, especially the Brothers of Italy party.
For the politician, the League – which did not exceed the 9% barrier of votes – paid the price for having been part of a coalition with the 5 Star Movement and the Democratic Party, which he said he “would do again, given the situation country after the pandemic”.
“In Italy it’s a big day, because we can look forward to five years of stability ahead. With the previous government, we would have had nine months of an ongoing litigation executive,” Salvini said.
The League won 100 seats in Parliament, which will not make it head the governing coalition, admitted Salvini, who stated what the party’s participation will be.
Polls indicated 12% of votes for the League, which did not happen. In any case, the party’s performance is much lower than that of the European elections in 2019, which was 34%; and that of the Italian general elections in 2018, which was 28%.
“We are in a government in which we will be protagonists. Last week, we were in a government that considered us uncomfortable. The Italians chose consistency,” he said.
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