Premier Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday
dismissed talk of there being tension between herself and
President Sergio Mattarella, adding that anyone trying to stir
things up between them is set to fail.
"My relationship with President Mattarella is very good. I thank
him because he never fails to give his support, not so much the
government, but to the whole nation," Meloni told Rai
television.
"It is a relationship that we manage directly, on a personal
level
"I fear that those who are scheming in order to compromise it
will be disappointed".
She added that her government's plan to amend the Constitution
so that the Italian premier is directly elected by the people
"does not regard neither Giorgia Meloni, nor Sergio Mattarella".
She said it would not come into force until the next
parliamentary term, so 2028, after the end of Mattarella's term.
"It does not regard the present, it is a reform that regards the
future of the nation and the Italian people will be called on to
decide what they want to do (in a referendum)," she said.
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