Meloni, Merz and De Wever to Costa: 'Preferential lane for energy investments'

The President of the Council, Giorgia Meloni, sent today, together with the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and the Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever, a letter to the President of the European Council António Costa, in view of the European Council of 15 and 16 October.

This was reported by sources at Palazzo Chigi, explaining that the initiative follows the meeting of the informal group of the "Friends of Competitiveness" last week and that "the connection between simplification, high energy prices and industrial competitiveness takes on particular importance in the letter".

The letter, it is explained, invites us to explore three paths: a preferential lane to accelerate investments in priority sectors, starting with energy and digitalisation; a brake against new bureaucratic burdens; a general reduction in EU 'reporting' obligations, especially for SMEs.