Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni speaks to the media as she stands next to Forza Italia leader and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and League party leader Matteo Salvini, following a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, Italy October 21, 2022. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
Giorgia Meloni said on Friday her rightist coalition had asked President Sergio Mattarella to name her as Italian prime minister following its Sept. 25 election victory.
"There was a unanimous proposal of my name as the head of the new government," she told reporters after the bloc held consultations with the president, speaking alongside her allies Silvio Berlusconi and Matteo Salvini.
"We are ready to form a government as quickly as possible," Meloni said.
Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni looks on as she stands next to Forza Italia leader and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, following a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, Italy October 21, 2022. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
(Reporting by Angelo Amante, editing by Gavin Jones)
Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Forza Italia leader and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, League party leader Matteo Salvini and Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni attend a meeting, in Rome, Italy October 21, 2022. Paolo Giandotti/Presidential Palace/Handout via REUTERS
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