(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 30 - League leader Matteo Salvini and
Forza Italia (FI) leader Silvio Berlusconi met for talks at the
latter's home at Arcore, near Milan, on Friday following the
victory of their centre-right coalition in Sunday's general
election.
The driving force of the coalition's triumph was Brothers of
Italy (FdI) party of Giorgia Meloni, who looks set to become
Italy's first woman premier after her right-wing group got
around 26% of the vote.
The League got close to 9% and FI a little over 8%.
A joint FI-League statement said the talks were "cordial" and
the two leaders reiterated their "common purpose with Giorgia
Meloni.
"It is necessary to give Italy a solid, high-level government
that is capable of addressing complicated challenges, starting
with the emergency stemming from record energy prices, soon," it
said. (ANSA).
Salvini, Berlusconi have talks, stress need for solid govt
Leaders say they have common purpose with Meloni