The Prime Minister, visiting the Fieracavalli exhibition in Verona, touched on various topics. On hacker attacks: "They should be a cause for concern. When we talk about defense costs we are not simply talking about weapons, but about securing the daily lives of citizens." On Giorgetti: "I don't think his approach is too rigorous, in which case mine would be too because we shared the work." On Ukraine: "We must hurry." On the Midterms: "Americans have decided, I don't like interference in other people's dynamics"
In the afternoon, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited the Fieracavalli exhibition in Verona. On the sidelines of the event, the prime minister answered some questions from journalists. Regarding the hacker attacks that have caused alarm in Europe in recent days, Meloni said: "They should be worrying. We need to make everyday life safe." A joke also about the Minister of Economy: "I don't think Giorgetti's approach is too rigorist, in which case mine would be too." On Ukraine: "We must hurry." And on the outcome of the Midterms: "The Americans have decided, I don't like interference in other people's dynamics."
Meloni on hacker attacks: “They should be worried”
Meloni, regarding the hacker attacks and bomb scares that are affecting several European countries in recent days, said: "They should be worrying. Today we are not able to say whether the plasma attack in France, rather than the fake bomb scares on planes, or the attack on food products are all connected. But they certainly all tell us the same thing: that today it is civil infrastructures that are under attack, it is food goods, it is hospitals, it could be healthcare, it is means of transport."
"Making citizens' daily lives safe"
Then Meloni added: "When we talk about defense and security expenses in a time like this, we are not simply talking about weapons, we are talking about securing the daily lives of citizens, because when hackers attempted to change the temperature of the refrigerators that keep the blood needed for transfusions, that blood was secured by a system that costs money." And again: "When you pay to buy that system, is it defense spending or is it healthcare spending? When they tell us that defense and security resources are money that is taken away from healthcare or hospitals, they are saying something stupid, because in this time we need both to secure the health, and not only, of citizens. Because it is clearly very serious even when we have to throw away kilos of food because the refrigerators have been tampered with." "This government - added Meloni from Verona - began working on this issue long ago, I am proud to have done so because I am not so cynical as to campaign on the safety and lives of people".
On Giorgetti: "I don't think his approach is too rigorous"
Meloni, while the latest maneuver of this government is about to face Parliament, also spoke about the Minister of Economy Giancarlo Giorgetti. "I don't think his approach is too rigorous, in which case mine would be too because we have shared the work we have done in recent years", said the prime minister on the sidelines of Fieracavalli. And he added: "I think that in the context in which we operate, having done everything we could to help citizens, businesses, putting resources where they needed to be put without wasting resources as we have often seen done in past years is simply responsibility", which must be "claimed".
On the US midterms: "I don't like interference in other people's dynamics"
Meloni also spoke about the mid-term elections in the United States, which saw the victory of the Democrats over President Donald Trump's Republicans. “The Americans have decided and the elections are free and sovereign, I don't like interference in other people's dynamics”, replied the prime minister to those who asked her for a comment. "What I can say, and what I repeat, is that absolutely nothing changes about our relations with the Americans because my approach towards the United States has never changed in recent years, regardless of who was in government. I don't have that fan approach in foreign policy. I tend not to interfere in other people's politics. And do you know why? Because I've seen it done against me and I don't like it", he added.
On Ukraine: “We need to hurry”
A passage also on the Russian war in Ukraine. "We have to hurry, because it would be good news if there was an acceleration towards a negotiating path. But we can favor that path if we clearly know what we are going to say", explained Meloni, speaking of the situation in Ukraine and the words of the President of the European Council Antonio Costa who said he agreed on the need for the EU to speak with one voice. "There must be a time and a place where Europe speaks with one voice, with a clear mandate that represents everyone," added Meloni. The objective, concluded the Prime Minister, must be to arrive at the European Council in December "with work that allows us to deliberate and find a solution".
What is Fieracavalli
Fieracavalli is an international event dedicated to the equestrian world. Born in 1898, it is among the oldest in the Veronafiere events calendar together with Fieragricola. This 2026 edition is number 128 and is scheduled until November 8th.
Melons on horseback
Today, therefore, Meloni visited Fieracavalli. The prime minister - between one selfie and another - attended an equestrian performance in the Masaf stand, then got on a horse inside an enclosure in the same stand. She later went out into the outside area, before entering a paddock with some ponies.
