Marina Berlusconi: 'No contact with the PD, I do not inspire manoeuvres'

"I am neither the creator nor the inspirer of manoeuvres aimed at redefining alliances and alignments, or even at influencing the election of the future President of the Republic". This was stated in a note by Marina Berlusconi, according to whom 'these are dynamics that are the exclusive preserve of politics and parties. After weeks of completely fabricated behind-the-scenes stories,' added the Fininvest chairman, 'in which I was portrayed as the architect of phantom underground negotiations between Forza Italia and the centre-left, today's article in La Stampa has had the effect of the classic straw that breaks the camel's back. I want to make it very clear: there is no contact between me and members of the Democratic Party, and I have no meetings or interlocutions of this kind on my agenda'.

"I believe it is only natural that I look with attention and affection" at Forza Italia, "my father's political creature, to which he dedicated thirty years of his life," the note continues. Silvio Berlusconi's daughter points out that her relationship with Forza Italia 'is a relationship that is expressed in full respect for the roles and autonomy of the party's ruling class'. And that she feels 'the same ideal bond with the entire centre-right, because I consider it an equally integral - and unavoidable - part of Silvio Berlusconi's political legacy'.