“No Lega Nord is willing to bet on an alliance with Berlusconi again. No to possible axes between Carroccio and Cavaliere. Our people don't want to know about Silvio Berlusconi's return to the field. Enough, enough forever: if Berlusconi runs, he will do it without us ”.
In the days that follow the Arcore summit, which effectively sanctioned the center-right alliance in view of the next political elections, the vitriolic statements echo in the social world (to see only a few years have passed, geological eras if you think about the current situation) of the Northern League leader Matteo Salvini.
Meanwhile, the Knight, aware of the numbers in favor of the coalition with the secretary of the Carrocio tries to keep the point by leveraging the surveys presented by Ghisleri to Porta a Porta, surveys that would see FI rising to 18%, actually exceeding the Carroccio stopped at 14 %.
A competition for the proportional share within the alliance which pushes the two to mark their respective positions and insist on mutual differences: an example above all is the issue of pensions and the abolition of the Fornero law, a key theme of Matteo Salvini's propaganda in recent years.
On the Fornero reform Salvini does not seem to give way, focusing on abolition in toto, for his part Berlusconi does not give much, arguing that not all of that reform is to be thrown away and stating, statistics in hand, that it is right to link the retirement age to the increase in life expectancy, as the Fornero says.
“Our technicians have seen that some things must be maintained. The average age continues to rise, it is correct that the retirement age also increases " In his last speech he affirmed the knight on the Porta a Porta microphones.
Meanwhile Matteo Salvini to the microphones of Radio Capital he confirmed the immovability of his position:
"Berlusconi says - let's change the negative aspects - I haven't found any positive aspects, if there are other Berlusconi who want to work up to 91 years old, that's fine, but after 41 years of work you have acquired the sacrosanct right to get your money back. To those who say there are no covers, I reply that it is money from the Italians. The Fornero law is wrong and must be canceled, absolutely ".