La Russa, in Milan first the left-wing candidate, then ours

"I would first like to know who the outgoing candidate is and then there is the challenger. They are outgoing, they should tell us first, and then we decide who the challenger will be": thus the president of the Senate Ignazio La Russa on the sidelines of an FdI initiative in Milan, speaking of the centre-right mayoral candidate for the city.

"It seems to me that three names have emerged and that it is now up to the national leadership to decide one of the three or I don't know, but I think it will be one of the three. But I would ask the left the question first" added La Russa. "I thought that the left that arrived in October had given us its candidate but to my surprise... then it's not that there are many: one is the son of the late commissioner Calabresi, the other (Majorino, ed.) is an exponent of the toughest left. He insults me every now and then, I don't insult him. It's not difficult to decide, what are they waiting for? - reiterated La Russa -. It's up to the Democratic Party to decide: they give us the name of the outgoing candidate, then we'll say who the incumbent is challenger, it has always been like this in life. You shouldn't be surprised if we haven't decided yet. If they delay, we choose regardless of them, but it would be logical for them to name their candidate first and then the challenger."

In conclusion, La Russa also underlined that "there is no" hypothesis that the centre-right runs separate: "I don't think so, it doesn't belong to the centre-right which has always found synthesis".