ROME. “Italy, head held high, is part of Europe and the Atlantic Alliance. Anyone who does not agree with this fundamental principle cannot be part of the government at the cost of no government at all.” Her warning Georgia Meloni in his direction Silvio Berlusconi and especially his parties, Forsa Italyit was clear: do not let Berlusconi determine the line of your party, because the new government will be in danger even before it is formed.

At a closed party meeting, Berlusconi said that he was “the first of his five real friends.” Insertthat the Russian president wrote him the “cutest” birthday letter and gave him twenty bottles of vodka. In comments secretly recorded by an eyewitness and published on the LaPresse website, Berlusconi claimed that Putin was right in trying to overthrow Zelensky and replace him with someone then “more reasonable”. Zelensky tripled the attacks on the Donbass to force Putin to start a war.

Party number two Antonio Tajani, who was present at the meeting of the European People’s Party in Brussels, confirmed “the position of the leader of the party, the party as a whole and myself, absolutely in favor of NATO, in favor of the transatlantic relationship, in favor of Europe and against the unacceptable Russian invasion of Ukraine.” Berlusconi himself said he had more important things to do than correct his “distorted and ridiculous interpretations of thought.” “Perhaps all of this could be avoided if we gave up some terrible habits, such as secretly recording parts of private conversations,” he said.

The response of the European Commission to this case stated that, in accordance with the sanctions imposed against Russia, the import of Russian alcoholic beverages is prohibited, so Putin’s gift to Berlusconi is a violation of the sanctions.