"For the elections? Dear Silvio, no thanks".
Thus, speaking of Rtl 102.5, the leader of IV, Matteo Renzi, addressed the president of Forza Italia Silvio Berlusconi.
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We do not participate in the center-right
- he added - because there are those who have always voted against Mario Draghi. We have been and will be on Draghi's side. I listened to Berlusconi yesterday, I listened to him with pleasure. I thank him for telling me that I am intelligent. ".
"I have great respect for him - continued Renzi -. On the contrary, I say it: you need to have the courage not to attack your opponents. The M5s has done it too often in recent years".
"I tell the Italians, vote for us, the seats are essential if you have a political idea, but if you are ready to take back everything to stay in Parliament you are a quaquaraquà. For the seats: 3 percent is enough. That is a million Italians
. I search alone, I don't go to coalitions
", Renzi added.
"There are two different models of doing politics: there are those who think that ideas are less important than parliamentary benches and those who instead want ideas first and then the chair. If the center-left had said 'we are for the Draghi agenda' I would have said yes. But now keep their assets. "
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I'm not Di Maio who gets elected with the symbol of the Democratic Party
. I'm someone who prefers to go alone in this Babel of coalitions. Courage will pay off. I read the newspapers that say that I have 90% of Italians against, so I speak to that 10% of them.
Letta has proposed to raise taxes, it seems that he wants Meloni to win
. That should send a bouquet of flowers to Letta ".
According to the former premier, "Calenda has chosen to do something that throws away a great opportunity: the reformist pole at 10%. He has chosen to do something else, to stay with the Democratic Party and Fratoianni but I will not attack him. never on a personal level, because whoever attacks on a personal level means that he is not sure of his own ideas, I am sure of my ideas ".