
Simonetta Matone leaves the League group to join Forza Italia, motivating her choice with her opposition to sovereignist tendencies and extreme positions.
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Simonetta Matone changes parliamentary group from the League to Forza Italia.
Simonetta Matone leaves the League group and joins Forza Italia: "I remain firmly in the centre-right - says Matone in a note - but I am against sovereignist tendencies and extreme and unrealizable positions. Forza Italia represents an enlightened centre-right, a solid point of reference for the moderates, always heir to the guaranteeism courageously carried forward by Silvio Berlusconi, and firmly anchored to a balanced vision also in foreign policy".

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