The Brazilian ex-pilot Emerson Fittipalditwo times world champion Formula 1will be one of the candidates for Senate in the next Italian elections hand in hand with the party Brothers from Italyled by the far-right Giorgia Meloni.
The two-time world champion with Lotus in 1972 and Mclaren-Ford in 1974, of Italian descent, will appear in the party’s South American constituency, although sources close to the formation have told Efe that the lists are not yet closed.
Even so, Fittipaldi himself, who in his day expressed his surprise with the signing of the Spanish Fernando Alonso by the Aston Martin team for the next campaign, has acknowledged that he will participate in the elections and that he already contemplates several proposals in case of being elected.
“Very happy”
“I am very happy to be a candidate for the Italian Senate in the elections on September 25. I have already put several proposals on paper and they all aim to promote actions related to Brazilians who have strong ties to Italian lands, culture and sport. I hope to have the support of the voters of Brazil and Latin America, but also of those who live in Italy, and of the Italians who have always been my supporters”, explains Fittipaldi, 75, in a statement published this Monday by ‘ Il Giornale’.
Meloni, leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy, starts as the favorite for the general elections on September 25 and the polls give her the support of a fifth of Italians to be the next prime minister.
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The right-wing alliance, formed by his party, the far-right Liga and the conservative Forza Italia (of Silvio Berlusconi), could reach more than 45% at the polls, according to the latest polls, with more than 10 points above the coalition of left, formed by the Democratic Party (PD) and other groups.
The leader of the PD, Enrico Lettawarned yesterday, Sunday, that the Brothers of Italy is like the Vox party, of the Spanish extreme right, while this week Meloni has denied that there will be an “anti-democratic drift” in the country if he wins and has condemned fascism .