Ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi, the
leader of Forza Italia (FI), said Monday that the centre right
should build on its strong showing in local-election run-offs by
forming a moderate coalition at the national level.
"The centre right can start from these results in view of the
decisive contest to lead the country again, on the basis of a
shared programme, most of which we already have, and a coalition
of different parties characterized by a clear liberal, moderate
profile based on Christian roots, according to the winning
centre-right model in all Europe and Italy," he said.
The other two members of the bloc that triumphed in many of
Sunday's contests, the Northern League and the right-wing
Brothers of Italy (FdI), often take much harder stances on
issues such as migration, law and order and Europe than FI.
FdI leader Giorgia Meloni did not welcome Berlusconi's call.
"Moderation is a category that no longer exists in politics,"
said Meloni.
"I'm not interested in labels. I'm interested in the
contents.
"Let's talk about what we want to start from in order to
build the centre-right coalition".
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