The prime minister ‘in pectore’ receives the tycoon to rebuild the unity of the conservative bloc after he described it as “offensive and ridiculous”
Giorgia Meloni and Silvio Berlusconi sign a truce and recompose, at least for the moment, the unity of the conservative bloc that widely won the general elections held in Italy on September 25. The prime minister ‘in pectore’ and the octogenarian tycoon held a meeting on Monday at the Roman headquarters of Fratelli d’Italia (FdI, Brothers of Italy) to iron out rough edges after the harsh criticism that Berlusconi dedicated to his ally last week , when he called her “arrogant, arrogant, offensive and ridiculous” in a page written in his own handwriting that he allowed to be captured by photographers during his appearance in the Senate.
The anger of the four-time prime minister is motivated by the lack of agreement to share power in the new government, in which the FdI will have the leading voice, which obtained 24% of the votes in the recent elections compared to 8% achieved both by Forza Italia, Berlusconi’s party, and by Matteo Salvini’s League, the third ally of the conservative coalition. The round of consultations between the head of state, Sergio Mattarella, with the presidents of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate and with the representatives of the various parties is expected to begin in the coming days. These talks will conclude, barring any surprises, with the FdI leader being commissioned to form the government.
external support
In Monday’s meeting between Meloni and Berlusconi, both agreed precisely to attend the next meeting with Mattarella in a single delegation together with Salvini. It is not a trivial matter, since last week several voices within the tycoon’s party advocated appearing on their own before the President of the Republic. Senator Gianfranco Micciché, one of FI’s heavyweights, even went a step further and asked that FI not be part of the next Executive and offer him only external support in Parliament. “Meloni is trying to finish off Berlusconi,” Micciche said in an interview with the Turin newspaper ‘La Stampa’.
The two leaders, for the time being, bury the hatchet and promise to give life “as soon as possible” to a “strong, cohesive and high-profile Executive, who gets to work immediately to deal with emergencies,” according to the joint statement offered by FdI and FI. Meloni and Berlusconi also addressed the issue of the energy crisis, the first ‘hot potato’ to which the new government will have to respond and which will be discussed at the European Council to be held on Thursday and Friday.
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