Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said
Wednesday said the government is trying to make European
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's ReArm Europe plan
more sustainable as it is nearly entirely based on the national
debt of States, addressing the Lower House after a debate on her
communications ahead of this week's EU Council.
"The government's position is clear, we have made our
evaluations, the government has asked to separate defence
spending from the Stability Pact.
"However, today we cannot refrain from posing the problem that
the entire Plan presented by EU Commission President von der
Leyen is nearly entirely based on the national debt of States",
noted Meloni.
"It is the reason why we are making other proposals, because it
helps us deduct expenses, while on the other hand a priority
must be to favour private investments on this issue.
"With (Economy Minister Giancarlo) Giorgetti we have drafted a
proposal that follows Invest EU, with European guarantees for
private investments and we try to make this plan more
sustainable.
"But the position looks clear to me", noted the premier.
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