At the Salone del Mobile a Made in Italy supply chain worth 50 billion and employing 300,000 people

"I am happy to be at the Salone del Mobile to bring the government's attention to a fundamental supply chain of the made in Italy, which generates a turnover of more than 50 billion euro and employs 300 thousand people.

Giorgia Meloni arrived late this morning at the Fiera Milano exhibition centre in Rho, where the 64th edition of the Milan Furniture Fair had just opened, the largest international event dedicated to design and furniture, with over 1,900 exhibitors from 32 countries.

"The government has to be there, with its presence, with its answers," added the Prime Minister, "with the work we have done in recent years and continue to do on support for Made in Italy, on development contracts with key supply chains, the work we have also done on the wood-furniture supply chain, obviously the work connected to the annual law on small and medium-sized enterprises.

The government delegation was indeed large and heavy: in addition to the Prime Minister, the first day was also attended by Antonio Tajani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, who also attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony in the morning, and Matteo Salvini, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure, who arrived in the early afternoon.

In his speech, Antonio Tajani also recalled the centrality of this supply chain, which is worth about 4-5% of the national GDP. "This Furniture Fair opens at a very complicated time at international level, with two wars, if not three, and trade complications," said the vice-premier. "Now there is a desirable resumption of dialogue between the Israelis and Lebanese in Washington, in Islamabad between the Americans and Iranians, and the hope is that the ceasefire can turn into an end to the war," he concluded.