Government, Meloni defends the maneuver: “To improve, but without catastrophe”. And he says no to Mes

The budget law “can and should be improved”, but it is not “a catastrophe”. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, while the Chamber is witnessing the race against time to approve the maneuver, defends it and encourages her parliamentarians not to give up, to “stay in the Chamber until the last day: as they say, the game is worth the candle .” The Prime Minister gathers in Montecitorio deputies and senators for the Christmas votes and encourages them, at the beginning of a day that will take her to know the diplomatic corps and then return to TV for the first time as head of government, in Porta a Porta, where he assures that “Italy does not accede to the Month. I can sign with blood”. Three opportunities to take stock, not financially, but overall, of the executive’s action on several fronts, from migrants to foreign policy, from basic income to Pos. Announcing that tonight she will leave for Iraq where she will visit the Italian military.

“In the midst of a thousand difficulties, even in the current period, with complex days for the budget law and despite everything that can and should be improved, in the face of those who expected and predicted a government departure as a catastrophe, I think this story against we are pleasantly coming back to him like a boomerang”, Meloni begins to address the parliamentarians, to whom he announces his departure for Iraq in the evening, to “bring good wishes to our soldiers engaged in peacekeeping missions”, who “certainly sacrifice themselves ours”. the distinguished ladies and senators, who receive a panettone from the Sicilian company ‘Fiasconaro’ in a special package signed by the stylists Dolce and Gabbana.

Then the Prime Minister moves to the Farnesian Conference of Female and Male Ambassadors. Here the focus is foreign policy and in particular the conflict in Ukraine, on which “Italy has done what it had to do and will continue to do”, he assures, stating that “the guiding star of our commitment is the search for a dialogue and a just peace”. As a corollary, he adds that “military spending is necessary to defend national interests” and invites Italians to “turn off the lights for an hour a day to see how they are doing and what these people are doing to defend their freedom”. He later announces a telephone conversation with “Zelensky before Christmas, because I want to wish the Ukrainian people a happy birthday”, and a trip to Kiev “which I would like to take in the coming months of next year”.

Change of scenery for Bruno Vespa’s full interview at Rai studios. Where internal issues occupy the court above all else. Meanwhile Meloni defends one of the symbolic measures of the maneuver, despite the turnaround that took place following the concerns expressed by Brussels, namely the annulment of the mandatory electronic payments of up to 60 euros. “I’m sure it’s not fair to demand that merchants, who have to bear the cost of bank commissions, accept payments for very, very low amounts. Anyone who wants to pay for their coffee with a debit card would pay anyway if the cost of Was coffee charged commissions?”, asks the prime minister, who likewise does not back down from the Citizenship Income stop for those who refuse any job offer, even if it is not ‘fair’: “If you refuse to work with a decent job and with all the guarantees of the case because that is not the job of your dreams, you cannot expect the State to pay you the minimum income”, because “it is a question of justice” .

The prime minister then returns to the ratification of the Mess – “if we are the only ones who do not approve the reform, we also block the others”, but “it is not a big subject and Parliament will discuss it”, he says. 🇧🇷 And then he opens the chapter on migrants: “Those we welcome are those who have money to give to smugglers. It is not a smart way to manage refugees and immigration”, he attacks, citing “frictions with France”. But the main appeal that Meloni intends to reiterate is optimism. At the end of the legislature, “I hope for an optimistic Italy that trusts its institutions”, is the hope of the prime minister, who for her part is confident: “I’m not afraid”, she guarantees, “I know what I’m getting into, what it’s the powers I’m dealing with, what the encrustations are, and I know we’re going to encounter a lot of pitfalls along the way. I have nothing to lose” and “the only thing that scares me is disappointment”.