Political debate without TV
debates is absurd, Democratic Party (PD) leader Matteo Renzi
said after League leader Matteo Salvini nixed a possible debate
with him Friday.
Summing up the situation, Renzi said Salvini did not want to
debate him on TV because "he doesn't have time for TV, he must
do rallies in piazzas" while anti-establishment 5-Star Movement
(M5S) leader Luigi Di Maio doesn't want a debate "because I
haven't got the same status as him, I'm not up to his level."
Centre-right Forza Italia (FI) leader Silvio Berlusconi,
meanwhile, "only has debates with (RAI talk show host Bruno)
Vespa and his memories".
Renzi said: "It doesn't change much for us: we will be the
top parliamentary group (after the March 4 elections), the top
party.
"I'm struck by the absurdity of a political debate without TV
debates.
"Welcome to the 2018 Italian electoral campaign".
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