MILAN (Reuters) - Silvio Berlusconi on Saturday accused Mario Monti his successor as head of the Italian government, which will run for re-election in two months to make the game of gauche.
outgoing Chairman of the Board, who resigned Dec. 21 after the budget vote in 2013, had announced yesterday its intention to lead a centrist coalition in early elections on 24 and 25 février.
Mario Monti has ended several weeks of speculation and is placed at the center of a three-way race that will struggle with the Democratic Party (PD, left), the favorite in the polls and Freedom Party ( PDL) Silvio Berlusconi.
"The coalition was formed to promote the left, also the harmony of their program with that of the left argues in this direction," said the latter, addressing the press at the Milan central station. In an interview with TV Vista, the leader of the PDL had previously qualified Mario Monti "spare" Party démocrate.
The wealthy businessman aged 76, who went to Milan with his new girlfriend Fransceca Pascale, nearly 50 years his junior, said he was confident that voters would not fall into the "trap" intended by him to steal the voice droite.
Pier Ferdinando Casini, leader of the Union of Christian Democrats and the Centre (UDC) and allied Mario Monti, has denied any collusion with gauche.
"Our initiative was not created with the support of PD. It was not created with a predetermined alliance (...) Until election day, it is important to try to reach the majority "he told a conference presse.
polls the Democratic Party promise a comfortable majority in the Chamber of Deputies, but the movement may have to agree with the center at Sénat.
Its leader Pier Luigi Bersani, who proposes to continue the reforms undertaken by Mario Monti focusing on boosting employment and growth, was invited to clarify its intentions with regard to the gauche.
"Will they present themselves as an alternative, as rivals or are they open to an alliance?" He asked himself vendredi.
Saturday, a magistrate, Judge Antonio Ingroia, announced his intention to run in February the Chigi Palace, seat of the presidency. Proponents of the program of fight against corruption felt it was time for Berlusconi and Monti to give the pouvoir.
"Il Cavaliere" Saturday met officials from the Northern League, his former ally. At the end of the meeting, Berlusconi told the press that he still hoped to conclude an alliance but the PDL said he was not entirely convaincu.
On Twitter, the secretary of the formation of the former Prime Minister has written that disagreements could lead the PDL and the Northern League to go their separate ways at the ballot février.
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