Italy's Meloni warns EU green policies risk 'industrial desertification'
- On May 17, 2025, in Rome, Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s Prime Minister, cautioned that strict EU environmental policies risk leading to widespread industrial decline across Europe.
- Meloni criticized the EU's strict focus on electric transition because supply chains are controlled by non-European actors, creating strategic vulnerabilities.
- She urged revising the Green Deal to include broader emissions calculations and called on Italy and Germany to lead efforts to restore manufacturing competitiveness.
- Meloni stated, "I have often said that in a desert there is nothing green," emphasizing the need to "fight the desertification of European industry."
- Her warning implies that without cautious ecological policies balancing green goals and economic stability, Europe’s industrial base could face significant decline.
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Italian PM Meloni warns EU's green push may destroy industrial base
Meloni called on the European Commission to refine important elements of the so-called Green Deal further, such as updated emissions calculations that take into consideration a vehicle's whole manufacturing cycle rather than simply its exhaust emissions
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni warned on Saturday that rigid green policies could devastate Europe's industrial base, and called for a more cautious approach to the ecological transition that protects economic and social stability.
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