Everything suggests that Silvio Berlusconi is close to taking a step back in the face of the ever stronger pressing of Matteo Salvini and Giorgia Meloni. Impatient by Cav’s hesitation on his candidacy for the Quirinale, Lega and Fdi have repeatedly asked for a clarifying meeting, setting up the convening of that center-right summit that should have been held two days ago in Rome tomorrow. Worried about the risk of ‘burning’ the role of king maker, the ‘Captain’, he would have decided to accelerate to convince the president of Forza Italia to give himself a move, clearing the field of any misunderstanding. He then called the allies and got the OK from the president of Forza Italia at the summit that the former prime minister, they say, would have liked to postpone to Monday morning to take more time.
Hence the joint note released after 5 pm: ” The coalition leaders spoke on the phone today, a summit is scheduled for tomorrow, in Rome ”, with the assurance: ” the climate is cordial and the center-right will have a shared and unitary position on the occasion of the elections for the head of state. ” After a few hours, almost to increase the dose, or the pressure on Arcore, Salvini released another note to announce that “he had contacted all the leaders (starting from those of the majority that supports the Draghi government) to warn them of the center-right summit. In particular, the number one in via Bellerio used the expression ” work in progress ” to explain that he is working, claiming once again the role of king maker, for a shared solution without naming names.
” The coalition will have the honor and the burden of proposing a high profile candidacy for the Colle ”. A passage that some of the Azzurri have interpreted as ‘a welcome to Silvio’, or a way of saying that the center-right is ready to evaluate other options instead of Berlusconi. A signal from Arcore arrives in the evening, when the group leader in the Chamber of Fi, Paolo Barelli, coming out of Villa San Martino, confirms the rumors of the last few hours: ” Tomorrow Berlusconi will most likely dissolve the reserve ”. The president of the blue deputies does not specify whether his leader will stand as a candidate or not, leaving still 24 hours of suspense but the forced bookmakers are betting on the withdrawal of the Cav.
Matteo Salvini, according to Lega sources, has contacted all the leaders (starting from those of the majority that supports the Draghi government) to warn them of the center-right summit scheduled for tomorrow in Rome. ” Work in progress ”, wrote the secretary of the Carroccio, who shortly before – confronting Silvio Berlusconi and Giorgia Meloni – had once again shared the need for a united and compact center-right. The coalition, Salvini claims, “will have the honor and the burden of proposing a high profile candidacy for the Colle”.
Fdi reiterates its no to Mattarella bis and looks confidently at the center-right summit convened tomorrow, where it is expected that Silvio Berlusconi will dissolve the reserve. Should the Cav, which remains the first option, give up, Giorgia Meloni’s party is ready to work on other names, as long as they are shared by the coalition. ” I am sure that tomorrow – says the group leader in the Fdi Chamber, Francesco Lollobrigida to the Adnkronos – the reserve will be dissolved in one direction or another on the authoritative candidacy of Berlusconi for the Colle. Just as I am sure, that the center-right will prove to be up to the historical moment, remaining cohesive and confirming that it is a point of reference for Italians and the future of the country ”.
“As long as Berlusconi is in the field – he assures – there is the name of Berlusconi. If, on the other hand, the center-right should take a different path, we are ready to contribute, even with concrete proposals, to the choices for the Colle”. As for the Mattarella bis, Lollobrigida explains: ” The President of the Republic is right to say no to his re-election in compliance with the principles underlying our Constitution ”.
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