“I managed to climb the slope, even in difficult and delicate situations,” Silvio Berlusconi insisted on Friday in the newspaper’s columns the daily, a newspaper that is part of his media empire. The former Italian head of government has been in intensive care since Wednesday.
You are “responding well to your treatment”
The 86-year-old media mogul, hospitalized at the prestigious San Raffaele hospital in Milan, “rested well and is responding well to his treatment,” Foreign Affairs Minister Antonio Tajani also said this Friday on channel Rai 3. , the number two of the party. chaired by Silvio Berlusconi, Forza Italia, which is part of the government coalition headed by Giorgia Meloni.
Nicknamed “the immortal” for his longevity in politics and re-elected to the Senate in 2022, the octogenarian suffers from a lung infection linked to “chronic myelomonocytic leukemia that he has suffered for a long time,” according to his doctors.
His relatives, in particular his brother and his children, marched to his bedside at the San Raffaele cardiology unit, located on the outskirts of Milan. “He is better than before, he is better,” said his old friend and collaborator Fedele Confalonieri, who visited him at the hospital.
Supporters of the Monza soccer club, owned by Silvio Berlusconi, hung a banner on the hospital gates: “Cheer up, Silvio! Monza is with you.”
“Tomorrow we are going to the field for him too, because his principle is never to give up, to fight until the end (…) you have to go out on the field with that spirit, to please him” with a victory, he said. Monza’s coach, Raffaele Palladino, on the eve of the match against Udinese.
“We are waiting for you smiling in the Senate”
Former Prime Minister and Senator Matteo Renzi (center), his longtime political rival, posted a message of support on Twitter on Friday: “Cheer up, Silvio. We are waiting for you smiling in the Senate.”
Silvio Berlusconi, one of the richest men on the peninsula with a fortune valued by Forbes at 6.4 billion euros, has increased hospital stays in recent years. In March he had already been in the same hospital for four days and was discharged a week ago.
Entering politics in 1994, Silvio Berlusconi was Prime Minister for a total of nine years. Despite a series of sex scandals and court cases that have tarnished his image, he has retained a special place in the hearts of many Italians.
Source: BFM TV
