STRASBOURG -
"Forza Italia says it is a guarantee of a pro-European government but it has gone from a pillar of centrism to being the crutch of post
-fascism: the presidency of the senate went to the nostalgic of fascism Ignazio Benito La Russa and the Camera a Fontana, Eurosceptic or homophobic. Are we sure that Forza Italia can be guarantors of something? ".
Thus the
president of the Socialists and Democrats at the Eurochamber, Iratxe Garcia Perez
in her response to the debate with Ursula von der Leyen at the Strasbourg plenary.
"Weber today spoke of nostalgia for Angela Merkel: well, Merkel would never have accepted an alliance with the far right."
"We ask the EPP group and Manfred Weber to condemn the words of Silvio Berlusconi
and his re-established relations with the war criminal Vladimir Putin. The EPP group claims that Putin is a threat to the West and must be defeated. It is time to stop it. to campaign for Moscow's friends in Europe ".
This is what the Renew Europe group underlines at the Eurocamera in a tweet.
"Italians are able to choose a government for themselves, get over it." Thus the president of the ID group and MEP of the League, Marco Zann
I, replied to the criticisms addressed to Fi and the EPP for Berlusconi's statements on Putin by socialists and liberals during the debate in progress at the plenary of the Strasbourg Eurochamber on energy and Ukraine.
"What idea of European unity do you think you are giving with such attacks? Think about it before speaking like this in debates in international fora", underlined Zanni.
"Russia has again attacked Kiev with nearly 30 drones, killing innocent people, including a pregnant woman. Not a day goes by without Putin and his regime giving terrible news and lies."
This was underlined
by EPP group leader Manfred Weber in the debate on the European Council in plenary in Strasbourg.
"Taking into account all the victims, we never tire of saying that Putin is a war criminal.
Putin must lose and Europe will never stop supporting Ukraine. Never. This message unites us," Weber remarked at the Plenary. , where the debate also touched on the words of Silvio Berlusconi on Putin.
The Socialists and Democrats group attacks again on Twitter the Popular Europeans publish the audio of Silvio Berlusconi who tells his followers that he has accommodated relations with Vladimir Putin, complete with English subtitles
.
"Berlusconi has admitted his love affair with Putin, the war criminal who is destroying Ukraine. This is the true face of Forza Italia. This is what Manfred Weber meant when he said that Forza Italia was the guarantor of a 'European Italy and pro-NATO? ", Reads.