Giorgia Meloni on an official visit to the Czech Republic: the focus is on European dossiers and the ETS reform

The Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni will be on an official visit to the Czech Republic today, at the invitation of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, accompanied by the Minister of Economy, Giancarlo Giorgetti.

The Italian delegation will be welcomed by Babis, with whom he will have a face-to-face meeting around 7pm. This will be followed by statements to the press (scheduled for 7.30pm) and a working dinner hosted by the Czech Prime Minister in honor of the Italian Prime Minister.

The visit, explain Italian sources, is part of the progressive strengthening of relations between Italy and the Czech Republic, characterized by a growing convergence on the main European dossiers and by significant prospects for further development of bilateral cooperation.

Among the objectives of the visit is to work on some "operational proposals" to be presented to the European Council in October to "counter the high energy prices" and "correct the ETS mechanism", the European carbon taxation system which today, Italian sources underline, "artificially inflates prices and creates imbalances" between the States, damaging "the competitiveness of European businesses and industries".

The package of measures that the two leaders will explore includes six lines of intervention, including the regulation on methane and the postponement of Ets2.

With the attack on the ETS the aim is to convince Brussels to further review the system and reduce the pressure on the industry. And, consequently, prices for citizens. Meloni tightens the axis with Babis to convince all partners, at the next European Council in October, to correct the CO2 market.

Also at the center of the mission is the adoption of the Italy-Czech Republic Action Plan 2026-2030, which defines the framework of collaboration for the coming years and identifies some of the main areas in which the two nations intend to further deepen the partnership: from political and economic cooperation to defense and security, from infrastructure to research and innovation, up to the issues of migration and competitiveness.

This will be accompanied by the launch of the Italy-Czech Republic Year of Culture 2027-2028, with a program of initiatives aimed at enhancing the profound cultural ties and relationships between the two peoples.

Particular attention will be paid to economic and industrial cooperation, in light of the important complementarities between the two production systems and the presence of numerous Italian companies in the Czech Republic.