(ANSA) - MILAN, 05 MAY - "Forza Italia is the center of Italian government and politics. No extremism, we have nothing to do with Mrs. Marine Le Pen".
The deputy premier and foreign minister Antonio Tajani said it, on the sidelines of the Forza Italia convention in Milan.
"I was not elected with your votes, we were elected with the votes of the moderates and conservatives and not with yours - he added -. Giorgia Meloni is the president of the European conservatives and Le Pen is not with the conservatives, it is out of context We have nothing to do with her, we are popular."
To journalists who pointed out to him that the leader of the League Matteo Salvini claims to be a friend of Marine LePen, Tajani then replied: "It is legitimate for him to be, but the center-right is not connected to Le Pen".
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