Premier Giorgia Meloni told question
time in the Senate that she was a patriot and Italy and the EU
must boost defence spending.
Saying that Rome would hike defence spending to 2% of GDP this
year in line with NATO demands, she said that the Atlantic
Alliance should look more to its southern flank, Meloni said
that Italy now had a clear foreign policy and doomsayers who
predicted it would be isolated under a centre-right government
had been proven wrong.
Meloni stressed the importance of keeping the EU and the US
united, and also said she was ready to brief parliament on
India-Pakistan tensions.
On Ukraine, she reiterated that Rome was always at Kyiv's side
and Moscow should show that it wants peace.
She said that ensuring security was not a favour to the US but
"a favour to us."
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