Government, Berlusconi reaffirms his friendship with Putin and announces the names of FI ministers

Silvio Berlusconi, Marta Fascina – Picture by Ansa Foto

Silvio Berlusconi is a swollen river and, according to remorse, embarrasses the majority, while Giorgia Meloni heads towards the formation of the government.

He first announced an agreement to entrust the Ministry of Justice to Elisabetta Casellati, while the idea of ​​the Prime Minister in pectore was to entrust it to Carlo Nordio. Then he claims to have “re-established relations with Putin a little”, adding that Ukraine’s entry into NATO could mean “a world war”.

The tones then rekindled in the center-right, just days after peace had already wavered after Forza Italia’s non-vote in Ignazio La Russa, due to a failed attempt at a political maneuver by the Cav to put Meloni in difficulty to attribute a ministry to Licia Ronzulli.

Calenda ironically: “The only thing Berlusconi can do more is plant a bomb via della Scrofa”

“The only thing Berlusconi can do more to avoid giving birth to this government is to plant a bomb via della Scrofa,” jokes Action leader Carlo Calenda. Inside Forza Italia, the atmosphere is not relaxed and some live Berlusconi’s attitude with some embarrassment.

Tajani defeats a conference

Antonio Tajani deserted a conference in the afternoon where he was expected. Giorgia Meloni, on the other hand, does not comment on the situation, but according to rumors she is very angry.

“In Forza Italia there is a deep bitterness because, with the same number of voters as with the Lega, the way in which the single-member constituencies were distributed brought us 20 deputies and 10 senators less”. And the request to have “equal dignity” is accompanied a few hours later by a new reminder on the Ministry of Justice: “Will it be Nordio? No, Meloni asked me to meet him but there is the former president of the Senate Elisabetta Casellati, on that there is agreement, absolutely”.

Berlusconi’s announcement on ministers

Berlusconi, after the assembly with the deputies, adds: “Meloni said yes to Casellati”. And he lists the ministers of FI: “There will be Tajani in Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister, Bernini in Public Administration, Saccani in University, Pichetto in Environment and Ecological Transition and Casellati in Justice “.

The Cav’s words on Putin: “I have restored relations with Putin”

But what is most worrying is the question of foreign policy: “Russian ministers said that we were already at war with them because we are supplying arms and financing to Ukraine,” Berlusconi said. in an audio, reported by Ansa. “But I am very, very, very worried. I rekindled relations with President Putin a little, a little a lot in the sense that for my birthday he sent me twenty bottles of vodka and a very sweet letter. I wrote back with bottles of Lambrusco and an equally sweet letter. I was declared by him the first of his five true friends”.

FI specifies: “Our positioning in line with Europe and the USA”

Forza Italia clarified that the “position” of the party and its president on the Ukrainian conflict and the Russian responsibilities “is known to all, it is in line with the position of Europe and the United States, reaffirmed more and more more public occasions.The margins of ambiguity never exist and never have existed.” The party thus seeks to reduce Berlusconi’s remarks.