Premier Giorgia Meloni told the
Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington DC
on Saturday evening that Ukraine had been "attacked" and that it
will be necessary to work "together" to build a fair and
long-lasting peace in the country thanks to "strong" leaderships
like US President Donald Trump's who will not "move away from
Europe", contrary to what "our adversaries" hope.
"Our adversaries are hoping for divisions" and that Trump "will
move away from us" Europeans but they "will be proven wrong" -
"I know him, he is strong and effective", said Meloni.
"I know some of you may see Europe as distant or lost, I tell
you it is not", the premier told the convention in her speech
via video link in which she called for Italy's rightful place on
the international stage and hailed the "deep unbreakable bond
with the US".
The Ukrainian population is is "fighting for freedom" against a
brutal aggression, Meloni went on to say in her speech, calling
for "progress to build a long-lasting peace" - "a peace that can
only be built with everybody's contribution, but especially with
strong leaderships".
"With Trump, we will not witness the disaster seen in
Afghanistan ever again", she added.
Meloni also spoke of her "pride" as a European and conservative.
Far from being lost, she noted, Europe is stronger today that
more conservatives are in government, also thanks to CPAC's
battle that "created a global network that gives voice to
millions of people who couldn't speak".
It will be able to reconquer its role, just like the government
is doing in Italy, said Meloni.
"The propaganda said that a conservative government" would have
"isolated" Italy, while it was "fake" because "we are increasing
freedoms in all aspects of the country's life", she noted.
It is necessary to clearly tell the "radical Left that wants to
cancel our history and undermine our identity", to those trying
to "sabotage the West from within with the virus of cancel
culture and woke ideology, that we will never be ashamed of what
we are", said Meloni.
"No West can exist without America", said the premier while
stressing that, at the same time, "no West can exist without
Europe".
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