Opposition leader Matteo Salvini said
Thursday he had asked President Sergio Mattarella to "make
haste" in trying to sort out Italy's government crisis.
"I've just spoken to President Mattarella and I asked him not
only in the name of the united centre right but also in the name
of 60 million Italians who aren't understanding what is
happening, to make haste," said the leader of the far-right
nationalist League party.
"If there is a government, would like to know. (Premier
Giuseppe) Conte can't stay there for days: either he quits at
the Quirinale (presidential palace) or he comes to parliament
and tells us if he has found some Senators on the way. Tomorrow
let Conte come to parliament to tel us what is happening".
The League said Salvini had also phoned former premier and ally
Silvio Berlusconi to make sure he was OK following an admission
to a Monaco clinic for a heart problem.
He found the media mogul, three-time ex-premier and leader of
the centre-right Forza Italia (FI) party "serene and in a good
mood," the League said.
The two leaders discussed the political situation, agreeing on
their concern for the country's situation, and also touched on
upcoming local elections.
"There was a cordial climate, one of great unity," said the
League.
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