ROMA (ITALPRESS) – “I want to thank Parliament for this opportunity, I consider the comparison with the Chambers as a result of the referendum.” Thus the President of the Council, Giorgia Meloni, during the information to the Chamber. “Our conscience is in place, because the constitutional reform of justice was one of the commitments made with the Italians when we presented ourselves to them. Like so many other things, we said it in the election campaign and we did it once to the government” “Because this is how we conceive of politics. Honor the deep meaning of the word ‘responsibility’, the words of the premier.
The referendum saw a “great participation and an equally great polarization, a tight confrontation, not always on merit, but with a clear outcome. We always respect the judgment of Italians even when it does not coincide with our opinions,” he said.
“It remains regrettable for having lost a historical opportunity to modernize Italy, but the reform of justice remains a necessity, I hope that the yard of that reform is not abandoned because the problems remain and we have the duty to find solutions certainly not against the judiciary but in favor of a judiciary free from ideological conditioning.”.
“There is no reparation to do, where the government has never stopped. No need for new programmatic lines because they are already written in the program,” he explained.
“The government is there, it is in the full of its functions and is willing to do even better until the last day of its mandate, we will not escape, we will not back and we will not pay citizens palace games,” he said. “I challenge you on politics, on real politics, I challenge you to a debate on merit.” “I have read bizarre reconstructions on the consequences of the vote, resignation of the government, repatriations, phase two. They are alchemy of palace of a world dear to other majorities, other parties, a world distant light years from us and in which we do not intend to make Italy recurrence”.
“I have many flaws, except one. I’m not used to running. I do not run from unfavourable missions for security reasons, I do not run away from problems, I do not run in front of my responsibilities. I’m used to putting my face on those responsibilities.”.
The focus then moves on the conflict in the Middle East: “We firmly condemn any violation of ceasefire. If Iran succeeds in obtaining the option of extra duties on the Strait of Hormuz this would bring more economic consequences. Italy’s interest is that freedom of navigation is restored to the conditions prior to 28 February,” he adds.
“The history knocks and Europe is called not to fail at this test bench, it must precede the principle of reality to bureaucratic structures and ideological dogmas,” is one of the passages of the premier’s speech.
The Strait of Hormuz “must not be subject to any form of restriction, as it seems to have happened in the last hours. This remains one of the most critical points in the implementation of the agreement because, if Iran succeeds in obtaining the possibility to apply extra-dazi to transits in the Strait, this could still lead to economic and orientation consequences of trade flows, at the moment, imponderable”, said Meloni. “It is therefore a priority interest of Italy, and its European and Western partners, that freedom of navigation is fully restored to the conditions prior to 28 February, so that we can normalize the tension situation on energy markets, critical raw materials, fertilizers and other essential products for our economy – he adds. On this point we are already working with the coalition for the Strait of Hormuz promoted by the United Kingdom, to which over 30 countries participate, to try to build security conditions that allow the full restoration of freedom of navigation and supply. A contribution that, we believe, is important in this negotiation phase.”.
“On the night between Tuesday and Wednesday a temporary ceasefire was agreed between Iran, the United States and their allies in the conflict started on February 28. We have come to a step from the point of no return, but now we have a prospect of peace, which must be persecuted with determination,” he said. “Italy expresses its applause to the President of Pakistan Sharif, who took charge of this difficult negotiation, with the support of other regional actors. Now we hope that the peace talks that will start in a few hours in Islamabad will strengthen the general points of the agreement and in them can find space the priorities that Italy, together with its European partners, has supported since the first day,” he continues.
That in Iran is “a military operation that Italy did not share and to which it did not participate. A fact emerged in all its concreteness with the story of Sigonella, in which Italy was, of course, scrupulously attentive to the letter of treaties and agreements that regulate our relations with the United States. Circumstance that executes justice of the usual cheap propaganda also heard in these weeks,” Meloni said.
And regarding the relationship with the United States: “The international position of Italy, which has not invented this government, has been the same for about eighty years. I say this in order to respond already before the event takes place the now-returned refrain on the subalternacy of the subscribing to the American President Trump or the even more discounted one entitled ‘Meloni choose between Trump and Europe’”. “Even here, I will explain my point of view again, but I take advantage of asking myself some clarification. Because the Italian position, in the Iranian crisis, was exactly the same as the main European countries. So I ask myself, and I ask you, if when we say that we must be with Europe we really mean Europe, or rather we mean the European left, even when this means dividing Europe – he explains. Because I’m afraid the two are not together. I look forward to an answer.”.
“To be together you have to want it in two. That is why, in the relationship with the United States, we must be clear. Working to keep together the two sides of the Atlantic; working to strengthen NATO, which represents on the one hand the political place in which the interests of America and Europe find their composition, and on the other an indispensable geostrategic and military instrument, in which Europe must assume its responsibilities and build courageously the European pillar of the Alliance, in order to guarantee its security first. But on the other hand, as is normal among allies, it must be said clearly even when you disagree,” he claimed. “As we have done in the past with duties, which we have often called a wrong choice that we did not share. As we did to defend the honor of our soldiers in Afghanistan, which had been called ‘useless’ in an unacceptable way. As we have done on Greenland, participating in every European document defending the integrity of its territory and the sovereignty of its people, and on Ukraine in the face of the proposals for negotiations that we did not consider sustainable. And lastly, he observes, as we did with the war in Iran, a military operation that Italy did not share and to which it did not participate.”.
Meloni then mentions Schlein: “I continue to believe in the need to work to ensure the unity of the West, a subject that I strongly support since the White House sat much more administration. I should like to say, by borrowing a quote from Mr Schlein, that we are ‘deadly united’. And if you can afford to be her compared to the various political forces that make up the wide field, I will be able to afford it well compared to Europe and the United States that have been together for a long, long time. We are ‘deadly Western’, because only if the West is united can be a force capable of saying its own on the stage of the world. And because without that unity, we, not others, would be weaker.”.
“We have supported the Lebanese government, its territorial sovereignty, its commitment to disarm Hezbollah’s terrorist militias and for this reason we have repeatedly asked Israel to stop military escalation, ensure the safety of the Unifil mission staff to which Italy has for decades provided its irreplaceable contribution, allow the return of a now exorbitant number of displaced people, even to avoid the risk of migratory flows in Lebanon. “With the same frankness we defended the right of Christian communities in the Holy Land to be able to celebrate the Easter rites with full access to the Holy Sepulchre, a sacred place of our civilization and pillar of our identity. With even greater firmness we expressed ourselves in the face of the unacceptable events that occurred yesterday in the damage of our UNIFIL staff, to which we renew our solidarity and the entire nation”.
“A few days ago I went, first among EU and G7 leaders, to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, countries that since February 28, have been subjected to an unjustified aggression by Iran. I wanted to express to them the solidarity and the closeness of Italy, but I also worked to ensure energy supplies, in particular oil, indispensable from an area that guarantees about 15% of our national requirements”. These are the words about energy supply. “With the same spirit, I also went to Algeria to strengthen with President Tebboune the strategic partnership that binds our Nations, and agree with the authorities of Algiers the increase of natural gas supplies to Italy. And so I will be going to Azerbaijan too soon, but also supporting the development of energy resources together with the partners of the African continent,” he said.
“It was our responsibility to intervene with a bodily decree laying the foundations to structurally reduce the cost of energy, an initiative that no one before us had the courage to adopt, which displeased large energy companies but was welcomed with great favor by the productive world. It was our responsibility to intervene on the cost of fuel: we did it with a first measure that cut 25 cents per liter the price of diesel and gasoline and introduced an anti-speculation mechanism that is working. We did this, initially, for 20 days, pending developments in the crisis, and with the Council of Ministers last Friday we refinanced and extended it until 1 May. It is a choice that I propose, even in the light of the novelties of these hours, and that we will form as the peace negotiations go ahead and give us a clear temporal perspective of the interventions required.”.
“If the crisis in the Middle East had to know a new recrudescence, we should seriously put the issue of a European response, not dissimilar to approach and tools to that put in place to respond to pandemic. In that case, we believe that it should not be a taboo to reason for a possible temporary suspension of the Stability and Growth Pact. Not a single Member State exception, but a general measure.”.
“We fought, like no one else, tax evasion. I am sorry, even here, who said that this would be the ‘friend of the evaders and the furious’ government. In three years we have collected more than 100 billion euros: precious resources, which help us to keep the accounts in order and allow us to finance interventions for families and businesses”. “And we are not going to stop: compatibly with the framework of public finance, we will continue to work to reduce the tax burden to citizens, families and businesses. Because we promised, we did this and we will continue to do this also with the next budget law”, he adds.
“We promised a step change on immigration. And certainly the step change was, even if it is not enough. Thanks to Italy the approach of the whole of Europe has changed to the government of migration flows: today we have a European list of safe countries of origin and a new definition of safe third country, that will allow to apply accelerated border procedures; we have a legal coverage even more clear in support of the so-called innovative solutions, starting from those hubs for repatriations in countries outside the EU on the model of the protocol Italy-Albania; and a new European regulation on their own repatriations “Now it is necessary to consolidate this approach, and to make it stable and structural. And now that the referendum campaign is behind me, I want to renew my appeal to all the powers of the state to do their part to ensure compliance with these rules. It is up to politics to write clear and effective norms, it is up to the forces of order – to which our applause and our thanks go – to verify its possible violations, and it is up to the judiciary to ensure its effective application. This is what makes those who respect the separation between the powers of the State written in our Constitution”, he hopes.
“To those who look at us with skepticism we will respond with the facts. To those who hope for our failure, we will respond with determination. To those who cast mud, we will respond with the pride of those who can still afford to look at others, all others, in the eyes. And to whom, instead, believes in this nation we say: remember that you are not alone. The government is there, and will do its part, every hour of every single day, until the last. And when that day comes, if we acted like this, we will have no reason to fear the judgment of the Sovereign People,” he claimed.
“I will be happy to listen to the proposals that certainly the majority forces, but also those of opposition, will want to do in this room to help us face this difficult conjunction of history. Every good idea will be examined without prejudice and perhaps implemented, if there are conditions. If, instead, the opposition parties will want to use the time available to them to invere against those who are ruling during the storm, we will make a reason,” Meloni said, addressing opposition.
“We also intend to go ahead on the bill at the first signing of the President of the Anti-Mafia Committee Colosimo to remove the parental power to the Mafia bosses, so much to respond once again with the smile and with the facts to the last pile of mud stuck in the fan by a desperate opposition, which builds surreal theorems on my alleged closeness with the organized crime by pulling on a father, dead for another, that I haven’t seen from years.” “I also challenge you on this. I have not used to ingest the work of the parliamentary committees of inquiry, but I allow myself to ask the parliamentary committee anti-Mafia to deal with attempts to infiltration of organized crime in political parties, including Brothers of Italy – he adds. While some use the theme to propaganda against opponents, I care to build antibodies to a phenomenon that concerns us all. I do not accept that my sacrifices can be used for the interests of those I have fought since July 19, 1992, and I do not accept lessons on this subject. On relations between this government and organized crime speak the facts,” he attacked.
“Unfortunately, today the problem of access to the house concerns an increasing amount of citizens. Also in view of the anniversary of May 1st, the Council of Ministers will finally approve the measures necessary for the realization, in Italy, of that vast House Plan we have been working on for a long time. A robust, imposing, structural plan. It aims to make available, among popular accommodation and accommodation at calm prices, over 100 thousand houses in the next 10 years,” he added.
“As you have noticed, I have not announced some roaring measures like ‘we will give everyone a salary without working’ or ‘you can renovate your villa at the expense of the state’”. “I will probably have disappointed who imagined to review the same scheme that we have seen so many, too many times, in the past. That is, that of governments that in view of the elections gave rise to purely demagogic measures, and ravaged public accounts in desperate attempt to collect easy consent, downloading on young people the cost of bonuses and privileges. But the costume of those politicians who invite everyone to drink at the free bar, and leave to others the bill to pay, did not belong to us yesterday and will not belong to us tomorrow – he assures -. For this type of choice you have to contact others. We choose seriousness and do not give up convincing concrete and long-term answers, a clear strategy, continuity in the choices that have worked, courageous reforms, truths in place of lies and so much, much work.”.
“In recent days I have asked a step back to some members of the government who, even in the exercise of their delegations, had worked well. They were not simple or painless choices. Mostly for us, that we remain firmly guaranteed, but we once again wanted to prioritize the nation’s interest to that of party, because we have no time to lose in endless and pretentious polemics that nothing has to do with the action of government, which end up obscuring it, that is, moving the debate from the solutions necessary for citizens to the useful polemics for the parties”, is the comment on recent internal resignation to the majority.
We wait “with serenity the judgement on our work and the results it has produced. We know that the situation today is better than when we settled, but we also know we have to do more, and better. And we will, because we are used to stuffing our sleeves, we do not know the resignation, we are not accustomed to throwing the sponge. Everything else.” “The last year of this legislation will not be a waiting time. It will be a working time, choices, results. Not a time to build easy consensus, but a time to strengthen a solid direction. And our direction is clear: to defend the Italian national interest, to support those who produce and work, to strengthen the presence of the State where it serves and to lighten it where it is too invasive – continues -. Support families, those present and future ones, and give answers to the many young people who risk looking for those answers in the dependence on artificial intelligence or social media. Continue to restore confidence, build opportunities, make this nation more just, more meritocratic, stronger, more free,” he concluded.
SCHLEIN “HAI GIA’ PERSO LA SFIDA”
“You have challenged the Constitution and the sovereign people have beaten you in the polls, you have a great desire to return to the opposition and we will satisfy you.” This was said by the secretary of the Pd, Elly Schlein, at the Chamber, after the information of the President of the Council, Giorgia Meloni. “If it is not too busy with scandals every day of its ministers, I would like to send her a postcard from the real country, that country in which in the last four years the real wages have lowered while the shopping cart increased, with the same salaries first in the pocket “has added Schlein “the Italians can no longer make the same expense of before, we leave the growth to zero, we have a decline in industrial production that lasts for three years, In these days you have made up the record of the decrees that expired and the next day they were already overcome by the facts, you have not been able to put in the field a rag of industrial policy, for four years you have messed up on transition 5.0 and incentives”. Schlein attacked: “If we go to see how the Italians are today there is no one who can say to be better than before, if not perhaps the richest or those you have decided to help you.”.
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