Ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi is in an
excellent mood, almost fully recovered from his lung infection
and working hard in his Milan hospital room, Premier Giorgia
Meloni said after a more than hour-long visit to the San
Raffaele on Sunday.
Rightwing Brothers of Italy (FdI) leader Meloni and centre-right
Forza Italia (FI) leader Berlusconi "talked about future
scenarios, the next initiatives of the executive and the
majority," a note from the premier's office at Palazzo Chigi
reported on the Prime Minister's visit to her convalescing
86-year-old ally in hospital.
"Berlusconi is in very good spirits, he is in rapid recovery,
and despite his hospitalisation he is working incessantly on the
main dossiers," Meloni commented.
Meloni went to the San Raffalel where the three-time ex-premier
and media magnate Berlusconi has been receiving treatment for a
lung infection linked to a previously undisclosed chronic
leukaemia since April 5.
FI is the junior partner in Meloni's hard-right government,
which also features the rightwing League party of Deputy Premier
and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini.
Berlusconi spent another quiet night in Milan's San Raffaele
Hospital, the hospital said Sunday.
It said the date for Berlusconi's discharge was still not at the
moment foreseeable.
The 86-year-old media mogul last weekend sent a video message to
FI's Milan convention.
The billionaire turned politician on Friday issued a message
ahead of local elections across Italy Sunday and Monday saying
that people who don't vote aren't good Italians.
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