«Giorgia Meloni’s choice, I have a lot of votes»

«I signed the acceptance» of the candidacy, «today I’m going to understand which constituency has been chosen for me». As Vittorio Sgarbi. He will also be on the list with Fratelli d’Italia for the next European elections. He «accepted the candidacy, after having discussed over time with La Russa, Donzelli and Meloni herself». “Now we’ll see what to do, and where I’ll be a candidate,” he finally says, postponing it to a future press conference.

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“The desire to stand as a candidate came from the party leaders, Meloni, Donzelli and La Russa, with whom I spoke and gave my availability.” Vittorio Sgarbi explains this to ANSA, confirming that he will run in the European Championships with Fratelli d’Italia, almost three months after his resignation as undersecretary of Culture, which took place on 9 February after a conversation with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Palazzo Chigi. In those days, in the midst of the controversy over his consultancy and after the Antitrust resolution which defined the activities as “incompatible” with the role of government, the art critic did not rule out a candidacy for the European elections.

The motivations

«We had been talking with Meloni for some time, then we talked about it with Donzelli in April and we started again in this final phase of the applications – explained Sgarbi -. It was born like this, since I am free and have a gift of recognizable votes. At the 1999 European Championships I got 100 thousand in the North East, almost like Berlusconi. I had also been proposed as a candidate on three other lists.” Which? The art critic assured that he will talk about it when his candidacy with FdI and the constituency are formalized.

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