Yesterday, Sunday, when Mother’s Day was celebrated in Italy, the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, decided to visit the father of the right-wing coalition that governs the country today: former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. He has been admitted to the San Raffaele hospital in Milan for more than a month for pneumonia derived from leukemia.
At 86, Berlusconi, who spent days in intensive care, is now recovering on the ward and, according to Meloni, “is in a very good mood and is recovering quickly.” They talked about “future scenarios, the next initiatives of the Executive and the majority” of the right-wing government and, despite the hospitalization, “he works non-stop on the main political issues” of the country, according to a statement. The founder of Mediaset had a hectic day, as he also received a visit from the leader of the League, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure, Matteo Salvini, who said that he saw him well and that they even talked about football, both being great fans of Milan .
The former prime minister’s environment, however, has leaked that he is not as well off as he pretends to be. The tycoon has wanted to publicly reappear from the hospital with two videos recorded in his room after doctors and family members prevented him from being discharged to prevent him from attending the two-day convention of his party, Forza Italia .
The first was last week for that event, where he showed himself with a visibly tired voice against a background made up of an Italian flag, a European flag and the formation’s logo. Heavily made up, he recounted that a few days ago, at San Raffaelle, he suddenly woke up with a question in his head: “Why am I here? What do I do here? Why am I fighting here? He asked this same question to her partner, congresswoman Marta Fascina, 53 years his junior, who replied that she is “trying hard to save our democracy and our freedom.” Therefore, he assured her, he is “ready” to return to battle.
The second video was published this weekend, with the same makeup and a very weak voice. On this occasion it has been to encourage the Italians who are called to the polls this Sunday and Monday for municipal elections that are held in more than 700 Italian municipalities. He told them that they should go vote, because “he who does not vote is not a good citizen or a good Italian.”
Berlusconi’s state of health has caused a debate within the majority of the government due to the uncertainty surrounding the future of Forza Italia, a party that revolves around the tycoon, if he does not have the strength to continue leading.