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The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, met today with the Prime Minister of the State of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, at Palazzo Chigi. Following their meeting, the two leaders issued statements to the press.

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“I gladly accepted the invitation from the national president of ANCI [National Association of Italian Municipalities], Antonio Decaro, to hold discussions with the mayors of Italy’s Metropolitan Cities, following the positive opinion expressed by the ‘Regions-Provinces-Municipalities Unified Conference’. It really was a fruitful meeting: mayors are among the most important recipients of NRRP (‘National Recovery and Resilience Plan’) funding. I consider their requests legitimate, with simplification being the real key in implementing the NRRP. The cooperation we have begun and the meetings we have already had are valuable, which is why I have assured the mayors that these meetings will be repeated in future, with the mutual aim of developing a strategic synergy in the interest of the country” stated the Minister for European Affairs, Southern Italy, Cohesion Policy and the NRRP, Raffaele Fitto.

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The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, expresses solidarity with the secretary of the ‘Partito Democratico’ (‘PD’), Elly Schlein, who has been targeted by a disgraceful and shameful act. The offensive words accompanied by the drawing of a swastika graffitied on a wall in the city of Viterbo is an act that must be condemned in the strongest possible terms.

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Council of Ministers meeting no. 24 was held at the town hall of Cutro, in the Calabria region, this afternoon. Following the meeting, President of the Council of Ministers Giorgia Meloni, together with Vice-President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani, Vice-President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Matteo Salvini, Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi, Minister of Justice Carlo Nordio, Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry Francesco Lollobrigida and Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers Alfredo Mantovano, held a press conference to illustrate the decree law regarding legal entries of foreign workers and the prevention of and fight against irregular immigration. In the coming hours, President of the Council of Ministers Giorgia Meloni will invite the relatives of the victims of the tragedy in Cutro to Palazzo Chigi.

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The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, met today with the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, at Palazzo Chigi. Following their meeting, the two leaders issued statements to the press.

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The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, attended the celebration of International Women’s Day at the Quirinale Palace this morning.

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“On International Women’s Day, I wish to remember and thank all the tenacious and courageous women who, over time and history, have fought and reached important achievements and milestones in social, civil, economic and political fields as well as in the worlds of science and innovation. Protagonists of great revolutions that have given women an increasingly central and significant role in Italy’s development. Workers, wives, mothers, sisters, daughters, friends or partners: women represent an endless source of strength, endurance, cohesion and sharing....

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On the occasion of International Women’s Day, President of the Council of Ministers Giorgia Meloni today received representatives from the 'Aiuto alla Chiesa che Soffre’ [‘ACS’; ‘Aid to the Church in Need’] Foundation at Palazzo Chigi, together with two young Nigerian Christian women who have been victims of persecution: Maria Joseph and Janada Markus, 19 and 22 years old respectively, both of whom fled the terrorists of Boko Haram. The meeting was also attended by Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers Alfredo Mantovano and by Sandra Sarti and Alessandro Monteduro, the President and the Director of the 'Aiuto alla Chiesa che Soffre’ Pontifical Foundation.

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Palazzo Chigi expresses deep satisfaction with the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s words addressed to Italy and the work of the government on the issue of migration, in response to a letter that the President of the Council of Ministers had sent to the top EU institutions following the tragedy in Cutro....