Meloni hails EU flexibility for energy decision
Premier Giorgia Meloni praised the EU's decision to allow Italy more flexibility regarding defense and energy investments. This decision comes after significant lobbying efforts from Rome, highlighting Italy's capability to advocate for its interests. Meloni emphasized that this outcome was seen as improbable but was achieved through determination and patience.
- ▪Giorgia Meloni welcomed the EU's flexibility for Italy in defense and energy spending.
- ▪The decision followed intense lobbying efforts from the Italian government.
- ▪Meloni stated that this achievement confirms Italy's ability to assert its interests in Europe.
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Premier Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday hailed the EU's decision to grant flexibility to Rome not just for defence spending but also for investments to mitigate the energy shock from the Iran war, after intense lobbying from Rome. Brussels' openness to flexibility not only for defence but also for energy "is an extremely important result that many considered impossible, but which we have achieved with determination and patience, and which confirms Italy's ability to assert its interests and propose effective and common-sense solutions to the whole of Europe," said Meloni in a video posted on social media.
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