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The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, had a cordial telephone conversation today with the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, during which she expressed her personal appreciation and that of the entire Government for his end-of-year message to the Italian people.

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Today marks the first anniversary of the passing of Pope Benedict XVI. As we remember one of history’s greats and a giant of reason, faith and the positive synthesis between the two, we continue to draw on his rich spiritual and intellectual legacy. This legacy is also of deep civic value, able to guide all believers and non-believers alike, as it continues to speak to people’s hearts and minds.  

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“Today’s payment request for the fifth instalment, which comes after yesterday’s payment of the fourth instalment and the new Plan coming into force, brings to a close what has been a year of great commitment and extraordinary achievements by the Government in implementing the NRRP. We are very satisfied and determined to continue this work in the months ahead”.

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Italy has sent the payment request for the fifth instalment of its National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) to the European Commission today.

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Today’s payment is the result of Italy achieving all 28 milestones and targets linked to the fourth instalment, as verified by the European Union. These milestones and targets regard measures needed to continue the implementation of justice and public administration reforms, as well as important reforms in the fields of social inclusion and public procurement. The main investments are related to digitalisation, with particular regard to the transition of local public administrations’ data to the cloud, development of the space industry, green hydrogen, transport, research, education and social policies.

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The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, visited the Comando Operativo di Vertice Interforze (Joint Operations Headquarters) today, where she sent a greetings message to the Italian military contingents serving in operational theatres.

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The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, has sent a message to the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Petr Fiala, expressing deepest condolences to the families of the victims of the shooting in Prague and sympathy for those injured and the entire population of the Czech Republic. President Meloni reiterates her strongest condemnation of all forms of violence, fanaticism and terrorism, stressing that Europe has a duty to react and strengthen all tools that can help ensure maximum security for citizens.

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The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, considers it important that the 27 EU Member States have found a common-sense compromise for political agreement on the new Stability and Growth Pact. Despite Member States’ very different starting positions and needs, the new Pact is an improvement on past conditions for Italy. Less strict and more realistic rules than the ones currently in force, avoiding the risk of automatically returning to the previous parameters, which would not have been sustainable for many Member States. 

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The steering committee for the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) met at Palazzo Chigi today. The purpose of the meeting, called and chaired by Minister for European Affairs, Southern Italy, Cohesion Policy and the NRRP Raffaele Fitto and attended by the Ministers and Undersecretaries involved, was to verify achievement of the 52 milestones and targets linked to the fifth instalment of Italy’s new plan, which was approved by the European Council on 8 December.