"Today is the beginning of a beautiful journey , it is the baptism of a movement that has the ambition to revive Italy in the world ". This was said by the leader of the League Matteo Salvini, arriving at the extraordinary congress for the modification of the party's statute . Salvini arrived at the Hotel Da Vinci in Milan with a crib in his hand donated, he said, by artisans from Campania.
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The Northern League senator Roberto Calderoli spoke at the congress to illustrate the changes that will be made to the statute. "The League has become national, I say this with respect to those who are nostalgic for the Northern League which in Italy two thirds of the electorate is in the center and in the south - he said - so if we want to change things we have to take the votes of that part too in the country. " "We are and remain a popular party, which is close to the people, which is why many today vote for the League - he continued -. The statute no longer meets the needs of the movement". "We need to have two different legal entities so we will have the Northern League and the Salvini Premier League - he concluded -. The Northern League will continue to exist also because we must respect the commitments made with the Genoa prosecutor's office".
"Do not deal with a part of the country anymore but embrace in the name of good governance the whole of Italy - said Salvini -. When I started this path six years ago with the 3% League I would never have imagined having honor and luck to represent the first party in this country and hope for millions of Italians ". "Someone wants this hope to stop even through a judicial initiative but they won't make it. When a people savor the scent of freedom there are no handcuffs that hold," he concluded.
Applause and standing ovation for Umberto Bossi upon arrival at the congress. " No party closes today . The reporters asked me if today is the funeral of the League. With the ... the funeral, there is no funeral at the gates." The founder of the League and Senator Umberto Bossi said this in his speech from the stage of the party congress held in Milan.
"It is not enough to go to Parliament and to be many, you need a continuous and daily social push to bring the results home, " said the senatur. "I am happy to tell you that today no League closes, this congress basically gives the possibility of having a double membership , it will be possible to be registered in the League and in the League for Salvini", said the founder of the Carroccio. "This - he added - we can grant it, it is we who grant it is not Salvini who imposes us . Salvini cannot impose on us a ... we say it frankly. The things imposed do not work".
The delegates to the League congress approved the new party statute by show of hands. "The statute is unanimously approved", announced Giancarlo Giorgetti who shortly before explained how "no other formulations have been proposed, we will make a single vote of the statute proposed by the federal council, even the quorum has been verified".
