Meloni in Brussels for the European Council: “Draghi to the EU? It’s philosophy”

“I am happy that we are talking about an Italian but this debate is philosophy. The tendency to decide before the citizens vote will never find me in agreement. It is the citizens who decide the majorities, for this reason I will not participate in the debate” on the possible appointment of Mario Draghi to the EU summit. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said this at the end of the EU summit, adding: “What interests me is that both Draghi and Enrico Letta, who are considered two pro-Europeans, tell us that Europe must be changed”. The reference is to the report on the Internal Market presented at the EU summit by former Prime Minister Letta: it is “an interesting piece of work, and there are many ideas which in my opinion are certainly inspired by the work that the Italian government is doing”, said the president of Advise.

“Draghi – commented Meloni – is an authoritative person but I’m saying something banal. This debate is good for newspaper headlines and electoral campaigning but that’s not how it works. This tendency to try to decide who does what before the citizens Votino is a trend that you will never find me on”, explained Meloni. “I’m interested in knowing if we want to change what hasn’t worked. How do we guarantee adequate supply chains? How do we continue to continue this work on migration, which is not to say let’s relocate migrants to the EU, which will never work” , He insisted.

Meloni then responded to a question on anti-fascism, in view of the anniversary of April 25th: “Last year I went to lay a wreath with the President of the Republic, as I always do. What I had to say about fascism was I have said it 100 times and I don’t think I have to say it again, so you can continue to say in your newspapers that I am a dangerous fascist. But in Italy the extremists are elsewhere and not in this government.”