Hard right Brothers of Italy (FdI)
leader Giorgia Meloni said Wednesday the FdI's pro-NATO and
pro-EU stance was coherent and she would not take lessons from
centre-left Democratic Party (PD) leader Enrico Letta who
earlier accused her of trying to 'put on powder' in an allegedly
cosmetic change from her post-Fascist roots.
She also slammed Letta's electoral deal with post-Communists.
Meloni, who is tipped to become Italy's first woman and first
post--Fascist premier after the September 25 general election,
said on Facebook: "Brothers of Italy's position on foreign
policy is coherent and extremely clear, and has as its lodestar
the defence of the Italian national interest.
"And we don't accept lessons from those who set themselves up as
paladins of pro-NATO policy, but then make pacts with the
radical Left nostalgic for the USSR.
This referred to an electoral pact Letta sealed with the Italian
Left (SI), a post-Communist party.
"We don't need powder for our make-up, while you would not even
be able to cover up your contradictions with plaster".
The PD itself includes former Communists and former leftwing
Christian Democrats.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA
