Silvio Berlusconi died of leukemia on Monday 12 June. The 86-year-old former President of the Italian Council was in the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan for a few days. “Silvio Berlusconi was above all a fighter,” said Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, describing her as “one of the most influential men in Italian history”. Rome declared a national day of mourning on Wednesday, during which the former head of state is entitled to a state funeral in Milan. Follow the reactions after his disappearance.
His Forza Italia party is in mourning. “We wish we had never let you go. Farewell, President,” he wrote on twitter the centre-right Forza Italia party founded by Silivio Berlusconi in 1994. “Berlusconi was a great political leader,” responded the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, praising “a person of great humanity and a successful businessman”. “.
Vladimir Putin praises a ‘true friend’. The Russian President paid tribute to the former Italian prime minister, whom he considers a “love person” and a “true friend”. In a telegram of condolence to Italian President Sergio Mattarella, he said he had always admired her “wisdom” and praised her “incredible life energy,” “optimism” and “sense of humor,” the Kremlin said in a statement.
Honors from the French side. In a press release, Republicans hailed the disappearance of “a victorious entrepreneur and figure from the Italian right”. According to the party led by Eric Ciotti, he was an “important representative of the European Right”. On the side of the French extreme right, Marine Le Pen paid tribute to an “atypical character with an extraordinary life and a dazzling journey”.