On Monday, Antonio Tajani, the coordinator of Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia (FI), said that Italy will continue to follow the EU and NATO in backing Ukraine following the Russia invasion if the centre-right coalition wins the September 25 general election.
“There will be no change in foreign policy,” Tajani told an ANSA Forum.
“The centre right is with NATO and with the West.
“FI is a guarantor at the European level, and has great competence in international politics".
Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the right-wing Fratelli D’Italia (FdI) that is leading in the polls, and who is favourite to be Italy's next premier, has also said that a centre-right government would not break ranks with the Western stance on Ukraine.
Matteo Salvini, the leader of the right-wing Lega, the other main player in the centre-right coalition, has expressed reservations about sanctions on Russia.
