Meloni at the Rimini Meeting: appeal to Israel and housing plan for young couples

And he announced: 'One of the priorities that we intend to work with Matteo Salvini, whom I thank', is 'a large house plan with reduced prices for young couples because without a house it is more difficult to build a family'. He said this, stressing that 'we will do everything necessary to rebuild a family- and birth-friendly society, in which parenthood is protected and supported'.

Not only. "We have started the reform of Irpef", "now it is time to do more and focus our attention on the middle class". While for businesses, the government's priority is 'the structural reduction of energy costs, which is a boulder on the competitiveness of companies'.

He also moves forward on the premierate ("the direct election of the head of government," he assures us, "is the most solid guarantee for stability, which is an extraordinary factor for competitiveness"), on the reform of the Autonomies and on the reform of justice, "despite the encroachments of a minority of politicised judges who try to replace parliament and the will of the people".

New developments also on the education front, because "we must not be afraid to find the tools to ensure that families can fully exercise their educational freedom: Italy has remained the last nation in the EU without an effective equal education system". And again: "I believe it is right to reason by clearing the field of ideological prejudices"..

As for the European Union, "it is increasingly condemned to geopolitical irrelevance, unable to respond effectively to the competitiveness challenges posed by China and the US as, rightly pointed out Mario Draghi from this stage," remarked the prime minister, for whom "many of the criticisms that I have heard regarding the current condition" of the EU "I share them so much that I have formulated them very often over the years, so much so that I have been harshly criticised even by those who today are peeling their hands off. We must "outline a Europe of pragmatism going beyond the stale debate between more or less Europe, the real challenge is a Europe that does less and better. United in diversity is after all the motto of the EU by which we should all be truly inspired'.

Space is also given to the war in Ukraine. After three years of war, "a glimmer of hope has opened up for a path to negotiation, thanks to the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people and the compact support that the West, Europe and Italy have guaranteed, despite a public opinion that is not always convinced". "The keystone," according to the premier, "is the activation of robust security guarantees for Ukraine, capable of preventing new aggression. This is the starting point established in Washington. The Italian proposal, based on a mechanism inspired by Nato Article 5, is currently the main one on the table' and of this 'we must be proud', the Prime Minister remarked.