Meloni having fresh talks with allies on govt team

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 12 - Brothers of Italy (FdI) leader and likely future premier Giorgia Meloni said that she is having a fresh round of talks on Wednesday with her allies, League chief Matteo Salvini and Forza Italia (FI) leader Silvio Berlusconi, on the composition of the new government.
    "We are working. I'm optimistic," Meloni, whose right-wing party spearheaded her coalition to victory in last month's general election, told ANSA on her way into the Lower House.
    "It seems to me that things are going well. We'll be ready".
    The new parliamentary term begins on Thursday with sessions to elect the new Senate and House speakers. There have been media reports of high tension within the right-wing coalition, especially between Meloni and Berlusconi, over the make-up of the new cabinet.
    The FdI leader, who is poised to become Italy's first woman premier, has repeatedly stressed that the new government will be authoritative and made up of highly competent figures. (ANSA).