"He is fit, he is recovering: I spoke to him an hour ago, he is preparing his speech which will be on Saturday. Berlusconi is still the protagonist of Italian politics which looks to the future".
This is how Antonio Tajani replies to Tg4 to a question about the rider's health conditions.
"We are all waiting for it with great anxiety", added the deputy prime minister and coordinator of Forza Italia.
"Our president Silvio Berlusconi has already been working for days at the Milan convention and will be present with a video or sound. We will receive a substantial contribution from him and he will also make precise observations regarding some economic measures taken or to be taken by the "executive. Our ministers and parliamentarians will have the task of illustrating the activities that Forza Italia is promoting to the government".
This is what the president of the Azzurri deputies declares,
Paolo Barelli
, speaking on Sky, in view of the Forza Italia demonstration in Milan, on 5 and 6 May.
"It will be two days of work and discussions, it will outline our new horizons and objectives, relaunching the political action of Forza Italia, the only point of reference for all moderates".
"Our party - he added - is the beacon for those who recognize the only possible way of growth in Europeanism and Atlanticism. Furthermore, in Forza Italia's DNA there is a sense of good governance in the exclusive interest of the our country and of Italians, beyond their political affiliations. The heritage of popular and liberal values that characterize us therefore represents a precious and indispensable contribution for the entire centre-right coalition of which we are a firm pillar".