"The vote for the 5-star Movement, from which we are very far away, arose from reasons that were anything but ignoble or unreasonable. It arose from the same discomfort and the same annoyance for a certain type of politics for which Forza Italia was born. The Five stars did not they managed to give representation to this Italy, but they gave voice to a real discomfort, which deserves respect, attention and even answers ".
This is said by the president of Forza Italia, Silvio Berlusconi in the interview that will be published in the special issue of 35 years of Milano Finanza, on newsstands on 11 December.
"The word moderates - explained Silvio Berlusconi - lends itself to a misunderstanding. The moderates are not those who do not have strong opinions, deep convictions, intense civil passions: they are those who rationally and concretely, with respect for others and a critical spirit, they manifest their convictions and on the basis of these they choose ".
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Berlusconi adds: "What matters is having a stock exchange system that allows companies to capitalize and savers to invest in a safe and transparent way. in the development of the country ".
When asked what are the most important factors for development, the former prime minister replies that finance and savings "may be the two keys, together with European aid from the Recovery Fund, so that the NRR is truly the driving force behind a strong, solid recovery. , which leaves no one behind. The important thing is that finance and savings - national and also international - are channeled into investments, and not into purely speculative operations. This can be favored with an adequate fiscal policy ". Finally, on the current rebound in GDP, he adds: "To make it structural, the resources of the NRP must be used, as the government has undertaken to do, in structural interventions and not welfare expenses or simple buffer operations to give some oxygen in crisis situations.We also need to tackle the three major reforms I have been talking about for a long time: the fiscal one, that of bureaucracy, that of justice ".