
The Prime Minister in her communications ahead of the European Council: the rules cannot worsen the crisis
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, speaking in the Senate ahead of the European Council, defined the cost of energy as the main burden for the economy and competitiveness, calling for a coordinated and rapid response.
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Communications from the President of the Council ahead of the European Council.
"The issue that weighs most of all on our economy today" and on the competitiveness of businesses is the cost of energy" and "no one can respond effectively alone" which is why we need "a coordinated and rapid response". Thus the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in her communications to the Senate in view of the European Council, underlining that the rules "cannot worsen the crisis".
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"Alongside the international response, we also need the courage to look at what we, in Europe, can do. Starting from the most obvious thing: to prevent rules designed in a completely different context from the one we live in today from ending up aggravating the effects of the crises we are going through." Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said this in communications to the Senate in view of the European Council. "Because our companies today face increasingly aggressive global competition, and every additional cost that Europe imposes on itself is an advantage that it gives to its competitors - she added -. And the time to correct course is not infinite. This is what Italy has concentrated its work on."
"The issue that weighs most heavily on our economy today" and on the competitiveness of businesses is the cost of energy" and "no one can respond effectively alone" which is why "a coordinated and rapid response" is needed. Thus the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in communications to the Senate in view of the European Council, underlining that the rules "cannot worsen the crisis".

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