The government center-right accelerates on the federation. Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi - as reported by Lega sources - have heard on the phone on the issue. "We want to build for the good of Italy" said Salvini, the same sources report. Not just the phone call with Silvio Berlusconi. In the last few hours - informs the League - Matteo Salvini has 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 families 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.
"We consider with great attention"
. Thus the leader of Forza Italia, according to what ANSA learns from blue sources, would have commented on Matteo Salvini's proposal, during a zoom from Arcore, with the leaders of the party and the members of the Azzurri government. "
Let's not say no: we will talk about it in the party's dedicated offices
. Certainly - the sources themselves know - greater unity with the other forces of the center-right will allow us to give greater strength to our historical battles".
The federation concerns the center-right groups that are in the majority with Draghi, and is a tool to defend themselves from the excessive power of the left in the majority.
This is a fair operation that does not concern the Brothers of Italy, who are in opposition from the government.
This is what the sources of the Brothers of Italy interviewed by reporters say about the federation proposed by Matteo Salvini and taken into serious consideration by Silvio Berlusconi.
With this federation with the Lega, Forza Italia risks losing its identity, its moderate values.
Instead we will be successful if we expand that field, not risking annexing to the League.
Thus the two ministers Mara Carfagna and Mariastella Gelmini would have opposed the opening of President Berlusconi,
during today's meeting, to Matteo Salvini's proposal. In particular, at a certain point Mara Carfagna would have said, according to those present at the meeting, that this opening, also spread to the outside through agencies, could push about 50 blue parliamentarians to leave the party. At this point, the group leader in the Senate, Annamaria Bernini, in favor of the federation, would have intervened harshly: "What is this, a Mafia warning?". "I know the mafia and I know what it is", the minister's reply. "Fortunately not," the rejoinder.