Vannacci leaves the League: 'I continue my path alone'. Salvini: 'Disappointed and bitter'
General leaves the Patriots for Europe Group in the European Parliament
Key points
"I am continuing on my own path and going far. National Future. My commitment - always - is to change Italy. To make it a sovereign, safe, free, developed, prosperous and exclusive country again. I love my homeland and I want to continue fighting for it, staying away from entanglements, compromises of convenience and inciucius. I continue on my way alone, with all those who pursue the dream of leaving their children a better country than the one they received from their parents. From today Futuro Nazionale is a reality'. This is how Roberto Vannacci made his farewell to the League official on Instagram.
The news had filtered out in the morning, after the long-awaited conversation between the general and the Lega Matteo Salvini secretary took place on Monday evening. A 'frank' conversation that did not serve to untie the knots. Hence the decision of the general, who in recent days deposited the 'National Future' symbol, to leave the League to launch his own right-wing party. No expulsion at any rate. But consensual separation. 'However, he will have to be the one to formalise the farewell,' explained Carroccio sources, who are meeting today at 4pm in Milan's Via Bellerio headquarters to discuss above all the security package.
Salvini: disappointed and embittered by Vannacci
"Angry? No. Disappointed and bitter'. Matteo Salvini commented thus on social media on Roberto Vannacci's exit. "The League had welcomed Vannacci into its big family when he had everyone against him and was left alone: big newspapers, pundits, politicians, leftists and well-wishers. We opened the doors of all our headquarters and Pontida wide to him and his closest collaborators. We offered him the opportunity to be a candidate with us in every constituency in the European elections, I, like many other Leghists, voted for him and had him voted for, we proposed him as vice-president of the Patriots in Europe group, we appointed him deputy secretary of our party,' Salvini recalled
He added: 'We wanted to go a long way together, to share battles, to build. On my part and that of many, always maximum availability. Unfortunately, however, being part of a party, of a community, of a family does not only mean receiving, being at the centre of everything, obtaining posts and nominations: it is above all work, construction, sacrifice and, above all, loyalty. Instead, in recent months, we have experienced polemics, problems, tensions, symbols of possible new parties and associations, attacks on those who have lived and loved the League for years. We are used to thinking that words like honour, discipline and loyalty have a precise meaning, especially for those who have worn a uniform'.
Zaia: not surprised by Vannacci, he realised he was a foreign body
'I am not surprised, there is nothing new under the sun. It is confirmation, given the 'long' career he has had in the League, less than a year, that he has realised he is a foreign body'. This is Luca Zaia's comment on the news of Roberto Vannacci's resignation from the League. 'Probably,' he added, on the sidelines of the Veneto Regional Council meeting, 'he had another project, he did not find the right substratum to make it grow, and today he decides to walk on his own legs. We will see what the potential of his march will be, which he will do on his own,' he concluded.
