Emmanuel Macron pays tribute to “an important figure in contemporary Italy”.

Silvio Berlusconi died of leukemia on Monday, June 12. The 86-year-old former president of the Italian Council has been hospitalized for several days at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan. Emmanuel Macron paid tribute at the former Italian leader’s memorial on Monday evening “His sincere condolences to his loved ones and to the Italian people”. “A key figure in contemporary Italy who occupied the forefront of the political scene for years disappeared with Cavaliere”, Underlined Elysee in a press release. Follow our life.

“Silvio Berlusconi is above all a fighter”. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was quick to pay tribute to Cavaliere on Monday. She also explained “One of the most influential men in Italian history”. Rome declared Wednesday a day of national mourningThe ex-director has the right State funeral in Milan.

His Forza Italia party in mourning. “We wanted to never let you go. Farewell President”, wrote on Twitter Forza Italia is a centre-right Italian party founded by Silvio Berlusconi in 1994. “Berlusconi is a great political leader”His role was praised by President Sergio Mattarella “A man of great humanity and a successful entrepreneur”.

Vladimir Putin ‘True Friend’. The Russian president paid tribute to the former head of the Italian government, whom he considers a “Dear Person” And one “True Friend”. In a condolence message to Italian President Sergio Mattarella, he He says he always admired him “Wisdom” and praised him “Incredible Life Energy”His “faith” and sound “Sense of Humor”According to a statement from the Kremlin.

Tributes from the French side. Republicans praised the disappearance in a press release“A successful entrepreneur and Italian right-wing figure”. It is one “The main representative of the European right”, notes the party led by Eric Ciotti. On the French far-right, Marine Le Pen paid tribute “An odd character with an extraordinary life and a dazzling journey”.