Everything is ready at the Palazzetto dei Congressi in Rome for the Forza Italia congress.
Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani has already arrived and was acclaimed by chants and 'Antonio-Antonio' applause when he reached the main room which is filling with delegates, over 1,300 expected.
The congress will open with a tribute to Silvio Berlusconi.
The soundtrack at the moment is made up of Sanremo songs but also Lucio Dalla and Albano.
The new ForzaItalia membership card is projected on the big screens with the writing of the thirty years since the founding of the party, Silvio Berlusconi shaking Tajani's hand high, the blue of FI and the stars of the European Union.
On the back is an inscription with a phrase from Berlusconi: "Freedom is our philosophy, our faith, our religion, our flag. Freedom is the essence of man, the essence of his intelligence and his heart, of his ability to love and grow."
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