Forza Italia solid pillar of EPP in Italy says Weber

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 8 - Three-time ex-premier and media magnate Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right Forza Italia (FI) party is a solid pillar of the centre-right, mostly Christian Democrat European People's Party (EPP) in Italy, EPP chief Manfred Weber said at an EPP symposium on the importance of Christian values in Rome Thursday.
    Weber thanked FI and EPP No. 2 Antonio Tajani, the Italian foreign minister and deputy premier, for his service in the EPP, in government and in FI's leadership and said "Forza Italia is the solid pillar we have in Italy.
    "It is unthinkable to think of Europe without the Christian Democrats".
    Weber was speaking at an EPP Rome event titled 'With Christian values at the centre: the ruling class for the Europe of today and tomorrow". (ANSA).