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Italy could also be part of the so-called jet coalition in favor of Ukraine. This was confirmed by Giorgia Meloni in a press conference, before giving up the work of the G7 prematurely and returning to Italy to go to the flood sites. The Prime Minister recalled that our country does not have F-16 fighter jets, as requested by Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, whom he hugged and met before leaving Japan, but made it clear that he was in agreement with European allies , “even if a decision has been made.” Since this has not yet happened, our country could take part in the training of Ukrainian pilots at the Italian bases.
It’s not an official confirmation yet, but we’re getting close. The impression is that the formal decision will be made in the next few hours and Italy is ready to play its part. A contribution that fits into a context that the Prime Minister, after two days of G7 talks, judges more than positively, unlike what was foreseeable just a few months ago: “If we had no worries” about the war in Ukraine ” We would be unconscious.” Every decision we make has to be considered. But what happened months ago was unimaginable. There were those who said it was a losing battle. Today everyone sees the resilience and efficiency of the Ukrainian people and that it is not easy to bend a free people and a sovereign nation. The facts show that things did not turn out as some propaganda claimed: if we had failed the Ukrainians, we would be living in a world of chaos.”
Answering various questions, Meloni announced that next year’s G7 will take place in Puglia under the Italian Presidency and proudly stressed that “after years of debate within the G7, the issue of migratory phenomena, human trafficking from Africa and Tunisia, is mentioned in the document. A great topic that Italy knows better than anyone else and that puts it on 360 degrees.” A topic that he discussed at length with Macron and also with Biden in order to intervene effectively in the situation in Tunisia.
He loses a few words about the meeting with Macron and rather comes back to the criticism received by Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau on the issue of the rights of homoparent couples: “I have experienced them, how I always experience fake news.” Politics becomes in the European Parliament made. I think Trudeau was the victim of fake news, of propaganda, I think he realized it. I reminded him that it was probably a bit hasty, we have not taken any action on the matter so I see no reason to be concerned.”
While we are on the Silk Road we have time to make a decision. The memorandum is automatically renewed in March and the decision has to be taken with all actors involved: the Parliament and some parliamentary bodies. Italy is the only G7 country to have signed the memorandum, but it is not the only European country that has close ties with China.” In short, we have to wait. Certainly an “underestimate” of our commercial dependence on Beijing will no longer be tolerated in the future.