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Costa 'couldn't have foot in 2 shoes

Ex minister wants to 'build bridge with centre right'

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - Rome, July 20 - Enrico Costa has said that he quit as regional affairs minister on Wednesday because he could not have his foot "in two shoes".
    The ex-minister, who looks set to leave the centrist Popular Area (AP) party, had threatened to quit if a 'ius soli' (law of the soil) bill granting citizenship to immigrant children went ahead. It was postponed till the autumn but Premier Paolo Gentiloni said Tuesday it was still a priority.
    Interviewed by three dailies, Costa said that he wanted to "build a bridge with the centre right" of ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia, which he was previously a member of.
   

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