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 European 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, however on the other hand a priority must be to
favour private investments on this issue. "With (Economy
Minister Giancarlo) Giorgetti we have drafted a proposals 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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