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Berlusconi Says Agreed With Salvini About Uniting Ahead of 2023 Elections

© REUTERS / Flavio Lo ScalzoFormer Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi speaks to the media as he leaves San Raffaele hospital in Milan, Italy, September 14, 2020.
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi speaks to the media as he leaves San Raffaele hospital in Milan, Italy, September 14, 2020. - Sputnik International, 1920, 21.06.2021
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ROME (Sputnik) - Forza Italia leader Silvio Berlusconi announced on Monday that Lega's Matteo Salvini had agreed to create a united center-right force in the run-up to the 2023 elections.

"Yesterday I had a long meeting with Salvini, and we agree on everything: We will continue together in order to arrive at the next elections with a united center-right force," he was quoted as saying by the Italian Askanews agency in a phone address to his supporters in Turin.

There has been a lot of talk lately about a new form of cooperation between the two parties, although their leaders differ on the format. Berlusconi insists on a united party resembling the US Republicans, while Salvini proposes a "federation."

The Democratic Party continues to lead in the opinion polls. An Ipsos survey found in June that the center-left party was supported by 20.8% of voters, followed by Lega with 20.1% and Forza Italia with 9.2%.

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