The vote on the Italy-Egypt memorandum in the Defense Commission is postponed

The discussion in the Defense Commission and the vote on the renewal of the Italy-Egypt memorandum - which concerns the sharing of technologies, cooperation on equipment and the management of complex situations - was postponed - three days after the ruling on Regeni - due to the unavailability of the rapporteur, FdI deputy Mauro Malaguti. This is what we learn from sources within the Commission itself. The topic of the agreement between Rome and Cairo was therefore removed from the agenda: "It was not of an urgent nature, we will talk about it in the next few days in the commission", they explain from the commission.

"As far as the Regeni sentence is concerned, we are clearly faced with a sentence that is not definitive, there are three degrees of judgement, the outcome of the sentence will obviously have to be followed up, I am not among those who believe that closing diplomatic relations with Egypt helps to resolve the problem, rather it creates greater difficulties". Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said this on the sidelines of the inauguration of the 66th Genoa International Boat Show.

"I would like to point out that it was not this government that reopened diplomatic relations with Egypt, it was the Gentiloni government - adds Meloni -. Perhaps even those who preceded us believed that the diplomatic path could help".

"As is evident from the simple reading of article 540 of the code of criminal procedure as well as from the sentence itself, the provisional sum of 150 thousand euros assigned to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, who was a civil party in the trial, is immediately enforceable, it is therefore not necessary to wait for the sentence to become final", states the family of Giulio Regeni with the lawyer Alessandra Ballerini.