Matteo Salvini, after his absence from the Senate, appears in the Chamber for the Prime Minister’s communications: but after hugging Giorgia Meloni he leaves
Published on: 03-20-2024 2.33pm
Simone Vazzana
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I hug her, then leave the room. Relations within the centre-right have not seemed calmer for weeks: the latest split was over the outcome of the elections in Russia stravinte yes Vladimir Putin, with Matteo Salvini the only majority leader not to brand them as anti-democratic. As Giorgia Meloni appeared in the Senate on Tuesday 19 March for the communications of the premier, but he only had the deputy prime minister at his side Antonio Tajani: the leader of the League has defected. The following day, Wednesday 20 March, similar but not the same script in the Chamber: first thehug between Salvini and the Prime Minister, then the exit from the Chamber and the chair empty once again next to Meloni.
The absence of Matteo Salvini in the Senate
“Salvini wasn’t there, I imagine he had some commitments”. This is the comment of the leader of the League in the Senate, Massimiliano Romeo, asked when leaving Palazzo Madama at the end of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s communications in view of the European Council, Tuesday 19 March.
According to reports from The printthe move by the leader of the Northern League sent the Brothers of Italy into a rage: “This little theater was another insult to Giorgia“, the Prime Minister’s loyalists would have said.
Photo source: ANSAGiorgia Meloni in the Senate. Next to her is the armchair left empty by Matteo Salvini, absent
The hug to Giorgia Meloni in the Chamber
Thus, the following day, Wednesday 20 March, thehug between Giorgia Meloni and Matteo Salvini, during the discussion on the Prime Minister’s communications, again linked to the imminent European Council.
When the secretary of the League took his place in the Government benches alongside his ally, the two – remaining seated – exchanged hugged smiling, with Meloni who posed the head on shoulder by Salvini.
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Then they talked among themselves, the minister remained in the Chamber for a while and then left: no one from the League, until the arrival of Roberto Calderoli about ten minutes later, he remained on the Government benches.
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Discontent in the League
The discontent would not only be among the leaders of the coalition, but also within the League.
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Second The RepublicIndeed, only about ten of the 66 deputies of the Northern League would have guaranteed the presence at the gathering of the allies of the European ultra-right, scheduled for Saturday 23 March in Rome.
There will not be, among others, Lorenzo Fontana (President of the Chamber) and the governors Luca Zaia (Veneto) e Massimiliano Fedriga (Friuli Venezia Giulia).
For the Roman newspaper, the various absences would also be the result of perplexity within the party regarding the positioning among the extreme nationalist fringes, starting with Matteo Salvini’s statements on the elections in Russia won by Putin.
Photo source: ANSA