Silvio Berlusconi renounces the dream of the Quirinale but 'tows', at least at the moment, Mario Draghi
to stay in Palazzo Chigi. Seven days after the proposal of the center-right, the Knight dissolves the reserve and acts as a stone guest, remaining in Arcore. The most media-oriented politician of the second republic deserted the long-awaited summit - transformed at the last meeting via Zoom, for the first time - and announced the step to the side with a note read by the trusty Licia Ronzulli, senator of Forza Italia.
"I decided to take
another step on the path of national responsibility
, asking those who proposed it to give up giving my name for the presidency of the Republic", is the key step.
But the great Absentee - does not connect and does not appear either on video or in audio for the whole day - does not renounce to dictate the line to the team: "I consider it necessary for the Draghi government to complete its work until the end of the legislature to implement al Pnrr ", underlines as well as citing the indispensable reforms on taxation, justice and bureaucracy.
On the day of the turnaround,
Berlusconi does not lose the 'flicker' and traces the position and the perimeter for the entire coalition
. First of all, on the former governor of the Bank of Italy whose ambition to the highest hill indirectly restrains. But also on the Quirinal match itself: "We will make a shared proposal of the center-right at the height able to have the maximum possible consensus", he says.
"Decisive and fundamental choice,
Berlusconi renders a great service to Italy
and to the center-right ". This was stated by the leader of the League,
Matteo Salvini
after the decision of the Cavaliere." Berlusconi renders a great service to Italy and to the center-right, which will now have the honor and responsibility to advance his proposals without vetoes from the left ", says Salvini.
As Lega sources report," Matteo Salvini's commitment does not stop: immediately after the center-right summit, he contacted the secretaries of the other parties to confirm what emerged during the meeting. After Silvio Berlusconi's step to the side, the leader of the League made it clear to his interlocutors that the center-right works on a range of names, all of a different profile ".
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We appreciated the sense of responsibility of Silvio Berlusconi
, who, following the verification he had reserved to make to ascertain the effective possibilities of election, has renounced to offer his willingness to run for President of the Republic". This is what a note from
the Brothers of Italy
affirms
after the center-right summit. "During the meeting, no specific candidature proposals were formulated, nor were vetoes of any kind. Rather, during the meeting, FdI insisted that it was clear that it does not in any way hope that the legislature will continue, as it can. possibly retain the political forces of the majority ". Thus a note from FdI denies indiscretions that emerged during the center-right summit: "The question of Mario Draghi at the Quirinale, on which we have not expressed any judgment, has not been posed and it would be a problem that the forces participating in his government may have" .
"The center-right is not a majority and therefore has no right of pre-emption on the Quirinale. We have said it from the beginning. Now with Berlusconi's withdrawal and the clash that exploded within the center-right, everything is clear.
Now we need a high agreement on the name .
shared agreement
and Legislature Pact ". The secretary of the Democratic Party
Enrico Letta
wrote on Twitter
.
"We had clearly stated it:
Silvio Berlusconi's candidacy was inadmissible
. With his retirement we take a step forward and begin a serious confrontation between political forces to offer the country a high-profile, authoritative, widely shared figure". The leader of the M5s
Giuseppe Conte
writes on Twitter
.
"With his gesture, Berlusconi testifies with
generosity and a profound sense of the state
his stature as a man of the institutions and is a feeling of gratitude shared by all the center-right. We are confident that the other sides of Parliament will also show the same sensitivity and institutional responsibility".
This was stated by
Lorenza Cesa
, national secretary of the UDC and Antonio De Poli, national president of the party.