Meloni, all topics addressed: House plan, Colle, EU, Trump and Russia

From the housing plan to the relationship between the government and the judiciary, which is often not easy, to the possible willingness, once the post at Palazzo Chigi is over, to hold the office of President of the Republic (and the relationship with the current Head of State Sergio Mattarella), to go through the strategies of the executive to deal with the housing emergency, up to foreign policy issues such as the crises in Venezuela, Ukraine, Gaza, up to the negotiations between the EU and South America on the Mercosur. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's conference, more of a start than an end of the year, at the Chamber of Deputies, which lasted about three hours, offered some insights into Meloni-thought. Here, in a nutshell, are the most interesting passages.

"We are in the home stretch with the presentation of the housing plan, which is a very broad project on which we are working with Minister Salvini and Minister Foti, but also with civil society and intermediate bodies. I think we can work with the Italian system on a plan in the coming weeks, which will be the subject of an ad hoc press conference. Our goal is to put in place a project that can provide 100,000 new homes at subsidised prices over the next 10 years, net of the social housing that the housing plan will deal with,' the premier said.

'If we want to guarantee security, we must all work in the same direction: government, police and judiciary, which is fundamental in this design,' stressed Giorgia Meloni. 'I cite two or three cases from the news of the last few days. Excluding the case of the train conductor, I recall the case of the imam in Turin. The police proved that he was dangerous, the minister ordered his expulsion and it was blocked. Last November a mother killed her nine-year-old son, she had been reported several times for previous murder attempts but the judicial authorities had decided to let her go free. In Acerra, a person was arrested while dumping tonnes of harmful waste, but was set free by the judicial authorities. I can cite dozens of cases. When this happens, the work of the police and Parliament is in vain. A call to all work in the same direction can make a difference'. "I have made a list of the responsibilities of magistrates on security issues," he went on to clarify, "Those who have roles of responsibility are called to those responsibilities. The issue of delegitimisation is not there. Delegitimising magistrates is the ANM's campaign in the stations. If someone who has the search for truth in his DNA writes a lie to defend his campaign, this delegitimises it. Just as lies delegitimise politics and journalists. Those who have a role of responsibility are called upon to fulfil it with dignity and honour'.

"I'm passionate about what I'm doing. It's not on my radar, that of moving up the ladder'. Thus on a possible election as President of the Republic, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during her press conference at the start of the year. 'My relations with the Quirinale and in particular with the President of the Republic are excellent,' she added. I often read reconstructions about clashes and difficulties. The President of the Republic and I do not always agree, he has also said so, but if there is one thing that has made a difference, it is that the President of the Republic is there when it comes to defending the national interest. And that means everything to me'. And reiterating her agreement with Sergio Mattarella, Meloni stressed: 'We always look for solutions and we have always found them. 'On internal issues,' the Fdi leadedr continued, 'the personal positions of the president of the Republic I imagine are not always ours, but we both know our roles and we collaborate very well. However, I see a narrative that is very different from the reality I live and I would not like the attempt at confrontation to serve to support different interests, for example on the premierate, in order to be able to say that Meloni wants to get her hands on the Quirinal. In short, I see a construction that leads to having to say that there are problems even when there are not.

"Salvini made a reflection on the relations" of Russia "with Italy, as Macron did on Europe. In this case I think Macron is right, I think it is time for the EU to also talk to Russia," the Prime Minister said. 'If Europe decides to talk to only one of the two parties in the field,' Meloni said, 'I fear that the contribution it can bring is limited. The problem is who has to do it. If we made the mistake of reopening the interlocutions with Russia and going in no particular order we would be doing Putin a favour. The last thing I want to do in life is a favour to Putin. I support the appointment of an EU special envoy on Ukraine,' he added.