Ex-premier and ruling centre-left
Democratic Party (PD) leader Matteo Renzi on Thursday said "I
have accepted the (TV debate) challenge of the 5-Star Movement's
premier candidate (Luigi Di Maio. See you Tuesday evening,
friends".
M5S leader Di Maio earlier challenged Renzi on Twitter to
debate him on a Tuesday night talk show after Sunday's Sicilian
elections, saying Renzi "has a deal to divvy up Sicily and
Italy" with centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi.
"I want a TV debate after the 5. Are you up for it?" Di Maio
challenged the PD former premier.
Renzi replied on Twitter "OK, Di Maio I accept your
challenge. Tuesday November 7 is good for me. Let's decide
whether to do it on (State broadcaster) RAI or another TV
network. I'm in".
Di Maio proposed the Di Martedì (On Tuesdays) programme
fronted by former RAI presenter Giovanni Floris on La7, saying
it was "the most watched" of that night's two political talk
shows.
The other is Cartabianca (Blank Paper) on RAI, hosted by
journalist Bianca Berlinguer, daughter of the late Communist
Party leader Enrico Berlinguer.
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