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Florence, September 15, 2020 – Mr Salvini, for this election campaign you have pitched your tents in Tuscany. If Susanna Ceccardi wins on Monday, it will be said: it is Salvini’s victory. But if she were to lose again, as happened in Emilia Romagna, can it be said that her star has faded?
“This is not a referendum on Salvini, but a vote to decide the future of Tuscany. There is no talk of ideologies, but of health and waiting lists that will be reduced, missing infrastructure, regional taxes that will be lowered. Tuscans pay the tax “the waste among the most expensive in Italy. Susanna Ceccardi is very good and the mayor did well, I trust that on Monday we will have a pleasant surprise ”.
After the attack the other day in Pontassieve Il Giornale titled: “The left did it: Salvini defeated.” What you think?
I say that it is not normal for a mayor to define me as an ‘unwanted person’ in a beautiful and free city like Pontassieve. And it is not normal for a restaurateur to have been forced to cancel an already organized lunch with dozens of people because he was threatened with death. Bagno a Ripoli as everywhere. But I prefer to talk about something else, about school and work, avoiding answering. Although yesterday a candidate of the Democratic Party in Turin (in Venaria Reale) spread the message “Salvini hanging” through social networks. unpleasant episodes, but Tuscany is much more than two threats. “
The fact is that, compared to the more or less recent past, he seems to have changed his strategy: low tones, without effective intercoms, the issue of migrants almost disappeared from his radar. Is it a regret?
“After the virus and the months of closure, the public is asking for concrete answers. The priorities are above all work and the economic crisis. And then school, health, public housing, infrastructure, the environment. All the issues in which this government is doing very little, despite many proposals from the League, artisans, businessmen and even unions. Landings have almost quadrupled. And on October 3 I will be tried in Catania, where I run the risk of up to 15 years in prison for defending Italy. 150,000 Tuscans risk losing their jobs: they are the priority, not the one who lands tomorrow morning. “
The criticism that is always made of the Tuscan center-right is: there is no ruling class to match. If Susanna Ceccardi wins, have you thought about how to choose the government team that will have to face the health and economic emergency caused by Covid?
“It is an unfounded criticism: we govern well in six out of ten capitals. We already have clear ideas on how to relaunch this splendid land. Tuscany does not need to import other models from abroad, it only needs to put development and infrastructure at the center., The merit”.
He toured Tuscany a lot, but not just Tuscany, this post-blockade summer. What do you think is the category of people who suffer the most?
“Many merchants, artisans, businessmen and VAT numbers who did not receive the promised help. We think of the historic center of Florence and the fact that, incredibly, the Region has not granted any discounts to merchants who rent in their spaces. Then thousands of workers, employees who are still waiting for layoffs since April, hoteliers who have touched the fiasco of the tourist voucher, street vendors ”.
Giorgia Meloni appears to continue her rise in consensus. Now you will say that this represents an additional asset for the center-right coalition. But isn’t it true that the Brothers of Italy are partially gnawing on a space that was theirs until a year ago?
“It is a healthy competition. The League is still firmly the first game, and although I do not believe in the polls, from August to today it has grown more than anyone, in Tuscany as in all parts of Italy. The contact with the people, the presence in factories and among people, for us they are beautiful, they are fundamental ”.
In the center-right, he recently signed an anti-mess pact. Do you still fear that Forza Italia may somehow disengage to act as a crutch for the Conte government?
“Absolutely not. Pd and 5Stelle have been arguing for a year, about everything. Look at the school: thousands of children at home and thousands of teachers without chairs. How can you support a government like this?”
Giorgetti stated that voting Yes in the referendum means doing the government a favor. Do you believe it too?
“I make another reasoning: in Parliament we voted Yes four times and I do not change my mind in the end and for commercial interests, like any Renzi. Of course, the cut alone does not solve the problems of Italy, but Parliament can work well even with fewer parliamentarians. “
Giorgetti’s words, on the one hand, Zaia’s steady growth in consensus, on the other, the investigation into League funding, which is increasingly urgent. Do you feel that your leadership is less solid than it used to be?
“I am very calm. If someone expresses different opinions about the referendum, which is an exercise in democracy, it does not offend me. Zaia is from the League and I am glad to know that she is popular, we will only get triple the votes of Pd and 5Stelle together. Regarding the investigation, another one, I remember that for years they have been looking for money all over the world without finding it. That money is simply not there. I am calm and respectful with the work of the judges “.
He recently defended the arrested accountants. Do you still feel like doing it?
“I know Di Rubba and Manzoni, and I have no reason to doubt them, I have always considered them correct.”
Suppose this scenario: on the afternoon of September 21, Tuscany passes to the center right. Will you ask for Conte’s resignation?
“No, I won’t. On the night of September 21, if the Tuscans choose us and change, Susanna and her team will already be at work. And I also hope to enjoy a few hours with my children.”
So let’s not think about tomorrow, not even the day after tomorrow, but let’s look a little further: Does Salvini feel ready to be Prime Minister?
“I am lucky to have a team of prepared people, the League has opened up to the world of professions, business, culture and volunteering, so I answer yes: I hope I can lead the government to achieve what was promised, exactly as I did at the time of the Ministry of the Interior, ports closed, hiring thousands of women and men as police and firefighters, security decrees. Fornero Law, single rate of 15% up to 65 thousand euros of VAT, red code against violence against woman, self-defense, Genoa decree with the reconstruction of the bridge in record time ”.
However, for a year he has been in opposition …
“I like to speak with facts and work with a smile, then the citizens decide with serenity and freedom. That freedom with a capital L of which Oriana Fallaci was champion, a great Florentine and a great Italian, which deserves a special memory: today is the anniversary of his death, a death that occurred too soon. “
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