Antonio Tajani, secretary of Forza Italia, is running in the European elections. The Italian number one announced it today at the party's National Council in Rome. “We have to give our best and run with our own legs – he said -, also for this reason I have decided to run for the European elections and he will do it by giving all my strength without ever overshadowing my role as Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, my wife and family will forgive me as they have done for 30 years if he dedicates me to the electoral campaign''. ''I have decided to stand as a candidate in the next European elections and I will do so with all my strength. The main reason'' for my race is ''to put 30 years of life in the European institutions into the electoral arena''.
''We will make competitive lists, now we have to give our best and be able to stand on our own two feet. On the lists there will be no protected people, no protectors, no pacifiers and friends…” He says.
''I will run in all the constituencies except the Islands, where Caterina Chinnici will run” he adds. “I asked her to lead the Fi lists in the Islands constituency, her story, the name she bears, are an unequivocal message to say We are on the side, that is, on the side of the law, of the magistrates who fight to do their job well, of the honest citizens who do not give in to blackmail, we are on the side of the police forces''.
“My candidacy is an act of love towards you, towards our voters because it says that I am there, I will be there and I will continue to be there, as a simple militant, who wants to carry forward, as I did 30 years ago, the flag of Fi, with everything it represents…''. The Foreign Minister and deputy prime minister spoke for about an hour, receiving a standing ovation from the Forza Italia audience.
“All the polls give us one step away from 10%”
“We are bearers of peace, we work for peace in the Middle East as well as in Ukraine, we are a reassuring force, our slogan is 'A reassuring force at the center of Europe'. This is the message we want to give to everyone. Wherever we are, we must demonstrate that we are equal to the situation. All the polls show us one step away from 10% and this means that in the elections we could reach 20%.''. ''I'm not competing with the allies, we must look to the great abstention party, we must say that we are there, we must say that there is someone they can refer to. And I am convinced that that message is starting to be perceived''.
“I will fight without sparing myself”
''If a party secretary is not able to put himself at the service of those who have trusted him in the Congress, he would not be a good party secretary'' he points out. ''I will fight without sparing myself'' he adds. ''The feeling of gratitude, even when it is towards a person who is no longer with us, must never be forgotten. We are grateful to Berlusconi for what he has given us, now we must give our best and be able to walk on our own two feet''. ''If today's enthusiasm remains, if the good morning starts in the morning, on 8 and 9 June we will be able to celebrate an extraordinary result of Forza Italia which will be the best gift that all of us can give to Silvio Berlusconi, one year from now since his passing''.
“Salis? Government work is more difficult now, we'll see what happens”
Ilaria Salis' candidacy for the European elections? ''My job as Foreign Minister is to solve problems”replies Antonio Tajani and adds: ''I will always continue to think and say the same thing: great respect for the choices that everyone makes, but objectively for us it is more difficult with a person who is a candidate for the elections, then we will see what happens “.
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