Premier Giuseppe Conte has invited the
centre-right opposition to talks, but League leader Matteo
Salvini said Wednesday that he does not intend to go.
Giorgia Meloni, the head of the right-wing Brothers of Italy
(FdI) party, announced that the opposition has been invited to
the premier's office on Thursday.
Meloni said her participation was conditional on Conte
presenting "a document with precise proposals, not vague press
statements".
Forza Italia (FI) leader and ex-premier Silvio Berluconi,
meanwhile, said Wednesday that his party would vote in favour in
an eventual parliamentary vote on whether Italy should apply for
funding from the European Stability Mechanism (ESM).
The other centre-right parties, FdI and the League, are against
taking up the option to obtain dozens of
billions of euros from the bailout fund at zero interest.
They are fearful that use of the fund could come with strings
attached, even though the EU says there will
not be any as long as the money is used for health spending.
The parties supporting Conte's government are also split over
this issue.
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