Salvini proposes Federation of the Center-right, Berlusconi does not close

• Salvini: unite the three center-right groups in the European Parliament

• Berlusconi: "Italy is restarting, now the battle over taxes"

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04 June 2021Matteo Salvini, leader of the League, launches the proposal for a federated center-right by the end of the month: "I believe and hope by June to reach the Federation of Center-right forces, at least those that support the Draghi government. All of us. We are all on the same level but we must take a step forward. For example, by creating unique groups in the Chamber and the Senate ". 

Furthermore, it specifies with respect to the

party

: "I respect Toti and Brugnaro, but I think it is right to find a synthesis without quarrels in the Center-right". With the leader of the Brothers of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, Salvini explains: "It seems difficult to me to federate majority and opposition forces. But I say that we have a duty to create common lists with everyone in 2023. All together in the majority, choosing candidates common to all the center-right, then each will compete in the proportional and there will express their identity ". Do you want to join Forza Italia? "Not at all - clarifies Salvini - We are all on the same level but we must take a step forward". The die was taken from the columns of 'Il Giornale'. After the phone call with Berlusconi, in the last few hours, which sources in the Carroccio have described as affectionate and positive,with an eye to the future, Salvini also contacted the other groups of the center-right in the government, with the aim of creating a common home in Parliament to help the Draghi Executive to be increasingly effective on the issues most felt by the coalition: aid to households and businesses, reforms, tax cuts, new infrastructure, justice and security. The climate that emerged from the telephone contacts is of great interest and strong collaboration.The climate that emerged from the telephone contacts is of great interest and strong collaboration.The climate that emerged from the telephone contacts is of great interest and strong collaboration.

, for his part, opens to Salvini on a federative project and convenes a party summit via Zoom, specifying: "Never flattened on the Lega, Forza Italia remains the leading coalition party". The Knight thus returns to talk to his parents remotely and to listen to him are the blue leaders, group leaders, ministers, undersecretaries and governors. The former prime minister likes the 'federative' idea but no one thinks that this means "being eaten in one bite" by the ally. "We will talk about it in the party's dedicated offices". "For sure - the force leader would have emphasized - greater unity with the other forces of the Center-right will allow us to give greater strength to our historical battles". The president of Forza Italia hoped that in the future, after the creation of the Federation,we can arrive at a single party of the Center-right. Where, however, federating does not mean annexation to the League or merger with Salvini, Berlusconi would have specified, to reassure the moderate blue wing, led by the ministers Carfagna and Gelmini, increasingly worried by a sovereign traction coalition. The Knight then tweeted his photo from Arcore's desk while talking via Zoom with the leaders of Forza Italia.

"I believe that any decision on the future of Forza Italia must be taken by discussing the merits and on the basis of defined proposals, involving parliamentarians and managers on the territory. In addition to the two options put on the agenda by Matteo Salvini - federation or merger - there is in fact a third via: working to reaffirm the centrality of the liberals in the coalition and in the country. There are three reasons that make me personally lean towards this third way. The first is that many of our voters would not feel comfortable in a Northern League structure. the second concerns our firm placement in the European EPP: the alliance with a sovereign party and linked to Eurosceptic forces is already anomalous with respect to the choices of the Popolari, let alone how a merger would be judged. The third reason is pragmatic:in the South the League failed to break through, uniting us with the Carroccio would mean losing consensus consistently and giving it to the Meloni party. "Thus Mara Cargagna, Minister for the South, intercepted on the sidelines of the CDM to those who asked her for a comment on the possible federation between Lega and Fi.

Silvio Berlusconi's opening to the Center-Right Federation project was positively commented by Matteo Salvini: "I am very happy. Unity is strength, of the Center-right, of Mario Draghi, but above all of Italy, also in Europe".

As for the position of the 

, against the opposition of government forces, the leader

speaking to the Mix delle Cinque on Radio 1

Rai

answered the question: "Will the Lega-FI Federation be made?": "If it will be done, I don't know. I have always believed that the different nuances in the Center-right are an added value and not a problem" adding: " cold castings, but if they do this, I can only look at it with respect ".