"This is time for accountability, the time when if you want to be part of history you have to understand what responsibility we have towards tens of millions of people, because Italy has chosen us and we will not betray it as we have never betrayed it”. After triumph in the elections which will almost certainly take her to Palazzo Chigi, the first woman in the history of the Republic, Giorgia Meloni choose the path of reassurance. Putting aside the polemical tones that characterized the last part of the electoral campaign, now the leader of the Brothers of Italy chooses an almost ecumenical approach: "If we are called to govern the nation we will do it for everyone - she explains - to unite a extolling people what unites rather than what divides".
As for the fact that Fdi has come to be the first party (starting from 4,3% in 2018), this "means many things for many of us - continues Meloni - It is certainly for many of us a day of pride, of redemption, of tears, hugs, dreams. However, when it is over, we will have to remember that we are not at a point of arrival but of departure and starting tomorrow we have to prove our worth. We are once again proud to be Italian. I want to thank Fdi and all the staff, we didn't give up, we didn't give up, we understood, like the Italians, that shortcuts are an illusion".
Letta: "Unsatisfactory result for the Democratic Party but Conte's fault if you get to the Meloni government: I will not run again for Congress"
"It's an unsatisfactory result, we tried our best, but it wasn't enough," commented the secretary of the Democratic Party, Enrico Letta, during the press conference at the party headquarters in the Nazareno. “We have reached this point, to the right-wing government because Giuseppe Conte brought down the Draghi government”.
Letta then added that for the moment he is not resigning, but he also assured that he will not present himself for a new mandate: "We will bring together the party bodies in the coming days to speed up the path towards the congress... A congress of profound reflection on what is the Democratic Party, what it wants to be and what a new Democratic Party wants to be. I assure the leadership of the party in the coming weeks towards the congress for which I am not running again as a candidate, it's up to a new generation ".
Salvini: "The result of the League does not satisfy me but being in the government with Draghi has not rewarded us"
“9% doesn't satisfy me, it's not the result I worked for, but we are in a centre-right government with which we will be protagonists. Before we had double the votes, but in a government that saw us as annoying and extras”. This was stated by the secretary of the League, Matteo Salvini, at a press conference at the party headquarters in Milan.
“Yesterday at 4 in the morning I congratulated Giorgia, she worked well, she was good, we will work together for a long time, and I also thank Berlusconi and the Moderates – he added – The opposition was rewarded, FdI was good at opposing , for the militants of the League it was not easy to stay in government for two years with the Democratic Party and with Draghi, but I would do it again, even if it cost us ". Salvini also said that he would make the choice to bring down the Draghi government again: "If we had chosen to drag out a contentious and defaulting government for another 9 months, it would have been a problem for the League".
Conte: "Significant comeback, we are the third party"
Words of pride also came from Giuseppe Conte: “Everyone was giving us a dive and the comeback was significant: we are the third political force and therefore we have a great responsibility,” said the leader of the 5 Star Movement immediately after the announcement of the election results. “The center-right will be the majority in Parliament, but not in the country – he added – It is the result of this electoral law. We will immediately start a battle for overcome this electoral law".
Then, one jab at the Pd: “The choices made by this leadership group of the Democratic Party have compromised a political action that could have been competitive with this centre-right who presented itself united. In fact, citizens are demonstrating, especially in the South, that the vote to oppose the center-right is the vote for the M5S". But Conte does not completely close the door to the dem: "We will be the outpost for the realization of the democratic and progressive agenda that we have indicated - he continues - now we will see if the Democratic Party wants to join our battles with the opposition, we will be able to discuss it without any agreement, without any coalition".
Calenda: "We have not been able to stop a sovereign and dangerous Right but we will put up a tough and constructive opposition"
Words of disappointment come from Carlo Calenda: “The goal of stopping the right and moving forward with Draghi has not been achieved – writes the leader of Action in a note – We first of all feel the duty to thank the Prime Minister for the work performed in the service of the country. Just as we thank the almost two million citizens who have decided to vote for a list born close to the elections. The Italians have chosen to give a solid majority to the sovereign right. We consider this perspective dangerous and uncertain. We'll see if Meloni will be able to govern; we will make a tough but constructive opposition”.
