Garavaglia: «I'm running for congress, the League is not far right»

Yes, I'm running" at the League congress. Massimo Garavaglia, senator and former Minister of Tourism, confirmed this to AdnKronos after the news appeared in the Foglio. Garavaglia's candidacy comes as a surprise, in view of the extraordinary congress of the League, convened in Milan on 24 and 25 October, adding to that of the outgoing secretary Matteo Salvini, who therefore will not be the only one running for the leadership. «I do it because I am from the League», explains the president of the sixth permanent Finance and Treasury Commission of Palazzo Madama.

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«There is a conference. I am from the League and I am running" also to say "that we are not a far-right party. We are federalists and we are the party of the territories", the senator then reports to the Ansa agency. «They portray us as far-right but that's not the case. The League is the League", adds Garavaglia, who underlines that he has also spoken about his candidacy with the governor of Lombardy Attilio Fontana: "Of course, he is a friend - replies the president of the Senate Finance Commission -. But I have many friends throughout Italy."