"Cyber attacks are a cause for concern"

Meloni, who attended a fair in Verona, made evaluations to journalists about the current issues.

When asked about the cyber attacks on food cooling systems seen in many European countries, especially Italy, and the false bomb threats made on passenger planes, Meloni said, "The new cyber attacks occurring throughout Europe are clearly a cause for concern. These are being investigated." he said.

Stating that they are not in a position to say today whether the attack on the plasma facility in France, the false bomb threats on planes and the attack on food products are related to each other, Meloni said, "However, all of these definitely show us the same thing. The places under attack today are: Civilian infrastructures." he said.

Giorgia Meloni stated that when talking about defense and security expenditures in such a period, they are not just talking about armament, and said, "We are talking about securing the daily lives of citizens. Because when hackers try to change the temperature of the refrigerators where the blood used in blood transfusion is kept, the blood in question is protected thanks to a costly system. Is the expenditure to purchase this system a defense expenditure or a health expenditure?" he said.

Meloni's call to the EU on Ukraine

Meloni, who was asked about his views on the letter he wrote to the President of the European Council, Antonio Costa, regarding the Union's unified and consistent stance on Ukraine and Costa's statement that he agreed with it, said: "There should be a time and place where Europe will speak with one voice, with a clear authority representing all its members. We must hurry. Gaining momentum towards the negotiation process would be good news, and we can facilitate this if we know what to say." shared his opinion.

Prime Minister Meloni said that the aim should be to go to the EU Leaders Summit to be held in December with "a study that will enable decisions to be taken and a solution to be reached".

Meanwhile, it was reported in the press that the Rome Chief Public Prosecutor's Office had launched an investigation into false bomb threats against planes.

Bomb threats were made to some flights in Italy on 3 and 5 November and yesterday, and later checks revealed that these were unfounded.

*AA's archive photo was used in the news.