Open confrontation in the center-right after the outcome of the municipal, with the good result of FdI.
"The vote of the Italians - writes the blue leader Silvio Berlusconi - confirmed that the united center-right represents the natural majority of Italians. Forza Italia is an essential part of the center-right, decisive not only in terms of numbers but above all on the political level".
"Once again the winning center-right in the major cities is the one that has expressed candidates with a moderate profile, capable of addressing the center voters. To govern the country, the ideas and language of the liberals, Catholics, pro-Europeans, guarantors, represented by Fi, will be absolutely essential ".
The blue leader also talks about the question of the third pole.
"The electoral data confirm that the centrist lists - even where they have obtained significant results - have not been able to influence the choice of mayors. The same would happen at the national level. This confirms that the ideas and principles of the moderates can only be effectively represented at the national level. within our coalition, by liberal political forces such as Forza Italia ".
The leader of Fi, Silvio Berlusconi writes in a note.
"That is why I make an urgent appeal to the forces and above all to the center voters to come with us to strengthen the centrist component of the center-right.
ANSA agency
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