Conte, we do not ask Ricci to go backwards

'There are no reasons at present to ask Ricci to step back'. M5s president Giuseppe Conte said this at a press conference at the Movement's headquarters in Rome. "Asking him to step back would be a bad precedent, it would be to make all the grass into a lump. We will ask Ricci to reinforce the principles of legality by adopting the legality protocol: that more effective control of the direct foster care system be adopted. This principle does not only apply to the Marche region'.

"I cannot accept that a group leader of the PD can attack a senator because she calls for Sala's resignation. I reiterate here the necessity of Sala's resignation. After allowing the building Far West, he brought the centre-right the Salva-Milano (Save Milan) with the agreement of the PD in the first phase in the Chamber. Then we did a battle to stop this havoc. How can it still be there? How can we cover for our allies? What alternative to the right do we build like this?".

 "Not this one. I cannot guarantee that at all." Conte then responded thus to those who asked him whether he considers equal coalitions possible in all the upcoming regions on the ballot. 'There are local powerhouses. With some it is possible to dialogue, with others not. So it depends. It depends on who the travelling companions are, on the programmes'. The conditions for the alliance,' he emphasised, 'are sometimes there, sometimes not'.

"In Tuscany we are not imposing any solution, a discussion of the groups is underway, from my side there has been no input for the solution, we need to reflect and understand if the conditions are there. We have opposed this junta, so in the face of the same candidate, entering the junta is a considerable sacrifice, we have to evaluate and the conditions will decide,' the president of the M5s, Giuseppe Conte, then explained, speaking of the regional elections in Tuscany and the candidature of outgoing governor Eugenio Giani.