Melons: "14 billion to tackle the energy crisis". Tomorrow the Council of Ministers will launch the measures…

“The government dictates the line to Europe not only on migrants but also on energy and defense”. Enthusiastic comments in Brothers of Italy after the European Commission gave Italy the green light on the possibility of using one 0.3% of GDP for investments in the energy sector within the overall margin of 1.5% foreseen for the defense of the safeguard clause of the Stability Pact. Brussels has specified that the measures must be temporary and targeted, without supporting the demand for fossil fuels and without granting subsidies to cut excise duties.

The words of Giorgia Meloni

A result that the Prime Minister, Giorgia Melonicashes in with these words: “The EU commission has accepted Italy’s request to have greater budget flexibility to deal with the energy crisis and this will allow us to spend 14 billion euros in the next 3 years to mitigate the impact of the increase in energy prices which affects vulnerable families, energy-intensive companies, which affects Italians”. It is, for the Prime Minister, “an extremely important result, which many considered impossible but which we have built 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”. This is – this is the ‘refrain’ in the government and in the majority – a great political victory, which in reality also leaves our country ample room for manoeuvre.

The satisfaction of Giorgetti and Tajani

The Minister of Economy Giancarlo Giorgetti he expressed satisfaction “because the Commission, unthinkable until a few months ago, has implemented our proposals”. “When the limits of use are specified – continues Giorgetti – the Mef reserves the right to make the most targeted proposals to protect businesses and families”. And to the oppositions who speak of Europe’s “failure”, with reference to the ‘boundaries’ indicated by Brussels on green investments, Giorgetti underlines: “We bring the results home. There have been too many owls on this dossier. We work in silence and seriously”. Margins to avoid Europe’s stakes? “The margins are the ones we are talking about, not others. We see that we use the resources well and it is easy to throw money away”, observes Giorgetti.
“The European Commission welcomes Italy’s proposals for greater flexibility to face the challenges of the energy crisis. It is another success of the Italian government, the result of our credibility in Europe”, writes the deputy prime minister and foreign minister on social media Antonio Tajani.

Tomorrow the Council of Ministers will launch measures for the weakest groups

Tomorrow at the meeting of Council of Ministers scheduled for 5pm, the executive will aim to launch measures to support the weakest groups. A 100 euro voucher is on the table while the discount on fuel expiring on June 6th may not be extended. Meanwhile, the majority in the text of the motion on the ‘full revision of the Stability Pact”, which will be discussed in the Chamber in the next few days (priority has been given to the enabling law on nuclear power) and is consequent to the opening of Europe. It asks the executive to evaluate “in the event of a further worsening of the economic situation at the euro area level, the use of the broader flexibility tools provided by the European governance framework, including the possible activation of the general escape clause”. At the same time, it invites the government to commit to “continuing the action at European level in order to temporarily make use of the flexibility of the European economic governance framework, to ensure the adoption of further measures in the field of economic and energy security made necessary by the international crisis”, proceeding with “the activation of the national safeguard clause, extending its scope of application to the energy sector in analogy with what is already foreseen for defence”.