Rome mayoral candidate Giorgia
Meloni of the small rightwing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party on
Wednesday appealed to rightwing Northern League leader Matteo
Salvini and centre-right Forza Italia leader Silvio Berlusconi
to help her beat the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S).
"I want to make an appeal to Salvini, to Berlusconi, and all the
centre-right field: help me not to leave Rome to the M5S, let's
win together, we can", she said. "I'm not interested in the
leadership of the centre right but in the Romans', she said.
Meloni is backed by Salvini but not yet by Berlusconi, who said
earlier Wednesday he was sticking with former civil protection
chief Guido Bertolaso. Berlusconi and Bertolaso have fed a row
by saying Meloni should not run because she is pregnant.
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