ROMA (ITALPRESS) – “I constantly follow with the competent ministers the developments of the crisis in the Middle East. The Government is at work without pause to protect the security of our citizens, to protect the interests of Italy. In these hours we have promoted a close confrontation between Italy, France, Germany and the United Kingdom, starting a co-ordination between four major European states to face this crisis together and to strengthen diplomatic action. With French President Macron, German Chancellor Merz, British Prime Minister Starmer shared the need to work together to avoid further escalation and contribute to international stability. In order to ensure the security of the borders of the European Union we have also arranged the deployment of an Italian frigate in Cyprus, an act that is of European solidarity, but above all of prevention. But our line is very clear.” So the President of the Council Giorgia Meloni in a video published on Youtube.
“Italy is not part of the conflict and does not intend to become part of the conflict. We work as far as possible to reduce tensions and see if there is still a chance to resume negotiations. Meanwhile we continue to dialogue with all the countries of the region and to assist our fellow countrymen still present in the area,” he added.
“We are at work to mitigate as much as possible the consequences of the conflict for citizens, for our nation, with task force activated to monitor the trend of energy, gasoline, food and speculation prices. In particular, on petrol, we are also considering to activate the mechanism of the so-called mobile excise duties that this government has made more effective with the 2023 fuel regulation in the event that prices rose steadily. The mechanism whose activation is also requested by some opposition parties allows to use the greater part of VAT that comes from the increase in prices to reduce excise duties. It is the tool of sterilization that we had written in the program of government of the centerpiece and its activation is already in the study for a few days from the Ministry of Economy. In short, it is certainly a difficult phase, but the government is committed, committed to protecting Italy’s security, committed to protecting the security of its citizens, committed to supporting every initiative aimed at seeking peace,” Meloni concluded.
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