First summit of center-left leaders on the Quirinale, with Letta and Speranza at Conte’s house for two hours. In the end no name for “leave all options open”. “We will talk about it with the center-right in the coming days,” says the secretary of the Democratic Party. “Open to discussion, no right of first refusal, a shared name is needed”. The M5s confirms the no to Berlusconi, if his name is on the field the Five Stars will desert the first three votes. The center-right is waiting for the decisions of the former prime minister, but the tension is growing.
The M5s leader Giuseppe Conte, the secretary dem Enrico Letta and the leader of Leu Roberto Speranza shared the same tweet at the end of the meeting on the Quirinale, which took place in the former prime minister’s Roman home: “Excellent meeting. We will work together to give to the A country or an authoritative President in which everyone can recognize themselves. Open to discussion. No one has the right of first refusal. We all have the duty of responsibility “.
For the Quirinale the M5s is still pushing to find an alternative name to that of Mario Draghi, in order to keep the premier at Palazzo Chigi. Thus sources qualified 5s after the Conte-Letta-Speranza meeting. For this, it is added, the goal remains to seek a shared name to ensure continuity to the government in the awareness of the “difficulty of continuing in a majority framework of government that could hardly hold without Draghi”. But above all Conte, as well as Letta and Speranza, would have confronted the opposition of the “overwhelming majority” of their groups to the Draghi al Colle solution.
“We absolutely do not veto. We only look at the interest of the country and make assessments in the interest of the country and of Italian citizens. At this moment, continuity of government action must be guaranteed. So no veto, we do not veto “, said in the evening the president of the M5s Giuseppe Conte to the microphones of Tg3, answering a question about the existence of a veto by the Movement in the name of Draghi for the Quirinale.
“Pending the moves of the center-right, the idea of not appearing in the classroom at the first three votes to give a strong signal if Berlusconi’s name remains on the table is increasingly concrete.
“Continuity of government”: this is, explain qualified sources of the M5s, the line of the Movement expressed during the summit by Giuseppe Conte with the other two leaders Letta and Speranza. In fact, from the summit it transpires that “no names have been made” precisely to “leave all options open”. And also that it is “essential to remain compact” also because “no one has the majority”.
“Excellent meeting with Giuseppe Conte and Roberto Speranza. We will work together to give the country one or an authoritative president in which everyone can recognize themselves. Open to discussion, no one can boast a right of pre-emption. We all have the duty of responsibility”. So the leader of the Democratic Party Enrico Letta on twitter.
“There is no agreement on the names because we will talk about them with the center-right in the coming days,” Letta said at the end of the summit.
Excellent meeting with @GiuseppeConteIT e @robersperanza. We will work together to give the country one or an authoritative President in which #all can recognize each other. Open to confrontation. Nobody can boast a right of first refusal. We all have a duty to #responsibility
– Enrico Letta (@EnricoLetta) January 19, 2022
“The meeting went well. We are ready for strong action, even for a broad and shared confrontation. Obviously, biased candidates such as Berlusconi’s will be removed from the table.” Giuseppe Conte said this after his meeting with Letta and Speranza. “We are ready to offer the country and all citizens who are waiting for an authoritative president or president who can represent everyone”. “You will certainly have some proposals later when we have a confrontation with the other forces”, added Conte.
An interview of about an hour between M5s leader Giuseppe Conte and Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio took place at the Farnesina, on the sidelines of the ceremony for the dedication of the room of European treaties to the memory of David Sassoli. The news of the interview has been anticipated on the website of the Foglio.
“The center-right and the majority of citizens it represents have the full right of citizenship and dignity to propose personalities, even if not necessarily coming from the world of politics, capable of holding top institutional roles, at least as much as the center-left “. This is what sources say. Brothers of Italy after the executive meeting which took place in the party headquarters.
During the executive of the Brothers of Italy, the leader Giorgia Meloni recalled “the availability of FdI, already confirmed during the coalition summits, to support the candidacy of Silvio Berlusconi. In the event that its availability fails, FdI is ready to formulate its proposals to help build a broader convergence on authoritative personalities in the cultural field of the center-right who have all the characteristics to hold the position “.
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