"We as a government will be constantly updated, as has always been, with our allies. If there is any news of course we will say it, but politically the theme is that for some time we have been proposing a Commission of inquiry on the relations between Italian leaders and parties and Russia. It is very important that we clarify ".
Luigi Di Maio
said so
, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in relation to the case of the alleged Russian funds to Italian parties as well.
On the sidelines of an electoral initiative in Naples, Di Maio added: `` Remember that in 2018 there was an attempt by the League to put in the Corruption Sweeps anti-corruption law a rule that basically allowed to receive funding from foreign countries or from foreign personalities for parties.
So I ask Salvini, let's face it: why did you want a rule that would allow foreign personalities, foreign governments to finance Italian parties? ''.
In concluding, the minister said: '' Obviously, and I want to say this very clearly, I always advise caution on this subject.
You don't have to shoot anything out of what you know but the
"I would not want that in the end, with respect to alleged interference, we would instead arrive at a pollution of the election campaign with these insinuations and inferences which I hope are all false", said the leader of the M5S,
Giuseppe Conte,
responding to journalists in Bari on the dossier which concerns alleged Russian party funding.
According to Conte it is necessary to "handle" this question "with care and not throw on the ground of a delicate and complex electoral campaign: we do not throw insinuations, we are very careful".
"Above all - he highlighted - those who have institutional responsibilities have a double, triple management responsibility".
