Italy, Lombardy, roots and family. Berlusconi launches Fontana and “resumes” the speech of ’94 – Corriere.it

Italy the country I love. Berlusconi 1994. Lombardy is my home. Berlusconi 2023. The leader of Forza Italia is quoted, or rather paraphrased, in the latest video posted on social media with which he launches the Forza Italia electoral campaign in view of the regional elections in February. The opening of the speech clearly recalls the one with which he announced his descent into the field almost 29 years ago. Words and concepts reproposed: Here are the roots of my family, here I was born and raised, here I chose to live, here I raised my children. Everything I’ve accomplished in life was born here, says Berlusconi today. Here I have my roots, my hopes, my horizons. Here I learned my job as an entrepreneur from my father and from life. Here I learned the passion for freedom, he said at the time.

In the video in which he confirms his support for centre-right candidate Attilio Fontana, the former prime minister then recalls what he did in Lombardy: Here I built a garden city (with three different types of roads) ahead of its time, which half a century later they are still the object of study and appreciation by urban planners from all over the world. This is where commercial television was born, which made Italians freer, allowing them to choose between different and competing television offers and with advertising it supported the economy by making small and medium-sized companies grow. From entrepreneurship to football. Here with Milan I became the President of the Club that has won the most in the history of world football. We recently performed another small miracle here, bringing an ancient and glorious team, Monza, from Serie D to Serie C, from Serie C to Serie B and from Serie B to Serie A for the first time in its history and all this in just four years. Forza Italia was born here and with Forza Italia the center-right, which changed the history of our country, concludes the blue leader.