Meloni: 'Immediate stop EU stability pact, no Russian gas. Renewal of defence agreement with Israel suspended"

Suspending the stability pact 'could help. The EU should not underestimate the impact the crisis may have', 'moving too late is a huge error of judgement'. "We are calling for both the suspension of the pact and the Ets. To fight in the EU' on these issues is 'for the good of the EU'. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said this forcefully at a press point at Vinitaly in Verona. The suspension of the Stability Pact "must be a generalised measure, exactly as we are asking for certain things regarding both energy, with the suspension of the Ets that we began discussing months ago, but also the Cbam," the premier specified. 'To suspend the Cbam today,' she continued, 'would objectively be a measure that could make a difference. On this we are very determined to give battle in Europe, but for the good of Europe, because we cannot remain the same while the world around us is changing so swiftly. We believe that those who take these issues seriously today are particularly responsible,' he concluded.

"Descalzi is an operator in the industry", I understand his point of view, "I continue to hope that when the problem arises we will have succeeded" in achieving "peace in Ukraine". "But" on Russian gas "we have to be very careful how we move," the premier added.

As for Trump's attack on the Pope, the Prime Minister says: 'What I said is what I think, that the statements in particular about the Pontiff were unacceptable'. "I have expressed and I express my solidarity with Pope Leo," she adds. "I say more: frankly, I would not feel comfortable in a society in which religious leaders do what political leaders say. Not in this part of the world'.

On Trump's relationship with the US, the prime minister paused to say that "when you are friends and when you have allies, particularly if they are strategic, you must also have the courage to say when you disagree, which is what I do every day, because I believe this is good for Europe, for the United States and for the West in general!" "Italia with the United States," he added, "has a relationship that has been going on for some years, it is not about the individual government. We try to do our best, in the given context, considering the United States our strategic and priority ally,' he concluded.

As for the - tense - relations with Israel, the premier announced: 'In view of the current situation, the government has decided to suspend the automatic renewal of the defence agreement with Israel'.