MILAN (ITALPRESS) – “We are continuing our dream: to build an authentically popular, reformist and liberal party that knows how to give citizenship to the many administrators who do not have a party card and to the many civic lists; we set out and founded Centro Popolare. Then there was the intuition of Maurizio Lupi who opened to Centro Popolare and the many friends who had believed in the Third Pole. A party that goes beyond the perimeter of the center-right to give space to those reformists also coming from the center-left. I believe that the only space for the center is within the center-right and in the coalition that supports the Meloni government, it is clear that the distance from AVS and M5S is sidereal.” Thus Mariastella Gelmini, senator of Noi Moderati-Centro Popolare, interviewed by Claudio Brachino for the Primo Piano column of Agenzia Italpress. “We want to restore centrality and dignity to politics by going beyond that mistaken narrative that has not produced benefits that Grillo and the 5 Stars have done, also reasoning on how to finance politics. Moreover,” he continues, “we come from a season of clashes, we have too much internalized conflict, invective, we want a pact between the generations and to deal mainly with young people and women because from an economic point of view and perspective they are the people most in difficulty. We want to put at the center the ability to build a community, bring back to politics those who no longer believe in it. “Several topics were discussed, from the maneuver to Stellantis, to foreign policy and the appointment of Raffaele Fitto as commissioner and executive vice president of the European Commission. “The blanket is short,” Gelmini explained, “these are years in which Italy is carrying a very heavy public debt. I like the imprint of prudence that the premier has given, prudence in this dramatic and difficult geopolitical season from the economic point of view is wise, she keeps the accounts in order and makes a simple choice: to concentrate the few resources available on family and birthrate. I believe that this was the only choice that could be made because the first problem is denatality, the reduction in the number of births means a reduction in GDP and a structural criticality of the country. The answers that the budget law gives are wise and constructive, it is clear that they are not enough, but it is a solid and wise maneuver.”Reading the news of Tavares’ severance after his resignation as CEO of Stellantis “makes one very angry, this is not the way to manage a sector that is a piece of our country’s history, it is then about jobs,” Gelmini explains, “there is the supply chain, the components; the car crisis is an extremely serious issue that has a European implication and Italian repercussions. The European implication is related to the way in which Europe has declined the ecological transition, we have to imprint in the EU a change of pace because the transition with a great support to electric goes in the direction of supporting the Chinese economy and not the European one.”And just talking about the new Commission von der Leyen Gelmini stresses that the election of Raffaele Fitto is “a positive fact not only for the government but for the whole country, it is regrettable that the left of this has not been sufficiently pleased, except for a few representatives who have recognized Fitto’s value, because he is a long-time politician, a moderate person and I believe he can make an important contribution.” In commenting on today’s news of the phone call that took place between Giorgia Meloni and Volodymyr Zelensky, the senator highlights “the sharpness with which the premier and the government are supporting Ukraine, it is an important fact, we all hope for peace but that there cannot be peace on the skin of Ukraine, we have to create the conditions and we hope that Trump’s victory can lead in this direction. It is important the commitment confirmed by Meloni because we are facing two very difficult wars: Ukraine and the Middle East,” he notes, “I think it is important the role Italy can play at a time when there are big problems in France and Germany. Italy’s stability can guide and strengthen the role of the EU just when with the Trump election Europe is called to become an adult. Trump must bring the EU to an awareness with respect to the need to make up for lost time, it is an urgent goal, as is maintaining the 2 percent of GDP on military spending. Peace is also defended by preventing new conflicts, common defense and participation in NATO is an extremely important fact,” Gelmini concludes.
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