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President Meloni’s condolences following the shooting in Prague
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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Statement by Palazzo Chigi on new Stability and Growth Pact
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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NRRP Steering Committee meeting to verify implementation of milestones and targets for fifth instalment
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.
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Statement by President Meloni following NRRP Steering Committee meeting
“Today, the Government has achieved another extremely important goal. The steering committee for the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) has validated achievement of the 52 milestones and targets needed for Italy to be able to submit its request to the European Commission for the fifth instalment, worth EUR 10.5 billion, by 31 December 2023. This result is in addition to the leading...
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Meeting with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, met today with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak, at Palazzo Chigi. The meeting focused on the joint work on migration as part of the Memorandum of Understanding signed in London on 27 April this year. The two leaders agreed to co-finance an initial Italy-UK project for assisted voluntary returns to Countries of origin, organised by the IOM for migrants stranded in Tunisia. The discussion went on to cover the main issues in international politics, starting with Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the Middle East crisis.
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President Meloni meets with Prime Minister Sunak and Prime Minister Rama at Palazzo Chigi
The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, had a joint meeting with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak, and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania, Edi Rama, at Palazzo Chigi today. After agreeing on the need to tackle illegal migration to Europe in an increasingly structured way, the leaders decided to further intensify cooperation between the three Countries in combating human traffickers. At the same time, the leaders reiterated the importance of achieving definitive stabilisation of the Western Balkans, based also on the recent progress made in the European Union enlargement process in the region.
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Undersecretary of State Mantovano meets with Indi Gregory’s parents
Undersecretary of State to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers Alfredo Mantovano met at Palazzo Chigi today with Dean Gregory and Claire Staniforth, the parents of Indi Gregory, the British girl who passed away and to whom the Government had granted Italian citizenship. Indi’s sisters were also present.
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European Council meeting of 14 and 15 December
The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, attended the European Council meeting in Brussels, after which she addressed journalists at a press point. Yesterday, in the margins of the meeting, President Meloni met with the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán.
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EU enlargement process: President Meloni expresses satisfaction at European Council meeting
The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, expresses great satisfaction with the concrete progress made at the European Council meeting in the enlargement process for Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. This achievement is of significant value for the European Union and for Italy, and is the result of complex negotiations in which our nation has played a leading role in actively supporting the Eastern Trio countries as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Western Balkan countries.