"In some municipalities we may be behind Fratelli d'Italia, in others in front, the competition for me is only with the center-left, and

where the center-right has been divided it was wrong

, and I will not go into the details of the responsibilities": the secretary of the Lega Matteo Salvini, at a press conference in via Bellerio in Milan, comments on the numbers that see the League retreat to the advantage of the party led by Giorgia Meloni.

"The

League's effort to be the glue of the center-right

, even by sacrificing itself, is the winning way", observed the secretary, underlining among other things the party's "contribution" to Palermo and Genoa.

And what happened instead in Verona, where the center-right split: "In

Verona if he had run together, the game would have already been closed

, but with the ifs and buts, history is not made", says Salvini.

Having the certainty of Palermo and Genoa won by the center-right with the decisive contribution of the League makes us say that in the balance between center-right and center-left, at least in this first round, the balance tends towards the center-right ", he added.

But the theme of unity is a theme that looks to the future: "In the next policies the center-

right wins only united

. Those who think of other schemes do not count with the voters."

And the account is not made, for now, not even on leadership: "The leader of the center-right will choose the policies, not the municipal ones. The Italians decide who will make the Prime Minister, I work to be a united center-right, then it's obvious that

whoever takes one more vote wins

. I am interested in the center-right going forward: a striking result of the League in many municipalities but then we lose ... You are not going anywhere ".

Then on what happens inside the

party, meeting in the morning for the Federal Council

, tensions, discontent, criticism of the political line, he assures: "From all those who spoke

there was no half controversy, about Russia or petrol vaccines or autonomy.

Only and only propositional proposals ".

On the absence of Giancarlo Giorgetti at the meeting he explains: "Giorgetti was absent for family health reasons, on which neither I nor any journalist should enter into the merits. I hope that at least when it comes to health, no one makes bizarre reconstructions, also because there see you in the week. All the others have brought their contribution, from Zaia to Fontana, from Fedriga to Molinari, up to Fugatti and Romeo ", he added.

Finally, a comment on the referendum flop and on the chaos of the seats in Palermo could not be missing: "At noon with 38 seats still closed in Palermo I took the liberty of calling the Quirinale - says Salvini - because it seemed to me a situation of theft of democracy from the fourth world. I hope what happened will come to light. From the Interior Ministry I saw that Minister Lamorgese intervened promptly a few hours later, "he added.

"That he had to disturb Mattarella because the vote was stolen from thousands of people ... not even on the other side of the world. In a normal country we would talk about it".

Then the note: the

referendum on justice "is not a point of arrival but a starting point

. A reflection must be made,