The day after by Daniela Santanchè: 'I was clear in the Chamber'

The day after overcoming the hurdle of the no-confidence motion, Minister Daniela Santanché appears before the Chamber and the Senate with a show of confidence, as her colleagues in the majority acknowledge, who approach her to greet her and "compliment her for the speech" she made in the Chamber, the one about "bags" and "12-inch heels" that instead infuriated the opposition. To reporters who ask her if she has spoken to the Prime Minister and who try to get a comment from her on the vote and on the possibility of her resignation if she were to be sent to trial for the accusation of fraud against INPS, she responds that with Giorgia Meloni "there is no problem", that she "has an excellent relationship" with her, as well as "great respect" and that she "thanks her for the great work she is doing".

In short, she assures, between the two of them "there is total harmony". As for the rest, she confirms that "she said everything in the Chamber" and that she "was clear" since she expressed what was "her thought". No, "there is nothing to interpret", she replies to the journalists, who still ask her how to comment on the applause that came from the FDI benches when she said that "she will reflect" to be able to evaluate "resigning" if necessary. Therefore, she confirms that she "does not want to be a problem" and does not feel "absolutely alone". "We have taken note and appreciated the conclusion of her speech in which she said that in the event of a referral to trial" she would "resign", remarks the FDI group leader in the Chamber Galeazzo Bignami. "It is a fact that we take note of and that we believe is important", he adds.

But while Daniela Garnero Santanchè, after having lunch with her staff at the Montecitorio restaurant, takes part in a meeting with the Brescia deputies talking about appointments, a dry statement arrives from Berlusconi's partner Francesca Pascale: "Santanché is a woman who behaves with absolute impudence with everyone, from friendship to politics. I hope that FdI really considers having her resign". The opposition's criticisms are also lapidary. For the M5S deputy Emma Pavanelli, hers "is a farce that will end". The Dem Andrea Orlando instead observes "Meloni's noisy silence". While the president of the M5S deputies Riccardo Ricciardi says that the minister "dishonours and besmirches that business" that "makes sacrifices". The senator, who votes on the Pnrr decree at Palazzo Madama and inaugurates the new edition of Btm Italia - the professional tourism fair in Bari - online, is defended by the leader of the Lega Riccardo Molinari: "She is right to defend herself from the trial, if there will be one, and to maintain her position". Also because "she evidently has the trust of Giorgia Meloni who has never asked her to step back".