Back and forth between Meloni and Vannacci: 'Government without blackmail', the general's reply: 'I'm interested in my party'

"I want to ask Italians to continue to govern without blackmail. I wasn't blackmailable before, I haven't allowed myself to be blackmailed in these years of government, I don't intend to be blackmailed tomorrow". Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni states this in response to Bruno Vespa who asks her why she does not intend to ally herself with Roberto Vannacci, in the journalist's book "History of the Second Republic. From Berlusconi to Meloni, from Prodi to Schlein", out on Monday from Mondadori-Rai libri. "I - he adds - want to return to government and I want to do it with the centre-right that we know, enriched by new civic movements that are forming and can strengthen our political offer".

"What Meloni says is of interest up to a certain point, I'm interested in my party. Our only loyalty is to the voters, they believe in the red lines we have established. 30-40 days before the elections Meloni will make his decisions." The leader of Futuro Nazionale, Roberto Vannacci, said this on Rai Radio1, guest of Un Giorno da Pecora, interviewed by Giorgio Lauro and Nancy Brilli. "Meloni's henchmen have been launched: I am referring to La Russa, the various Ronzulli, Tajani and Occhiuto, who erect walls and make declarations of incompatibility. Decisions are made close to the elections, we will not move from our red lines", he highlighted.