Meloni: no sending of Italian soldiers, guarantee instruments are needed for private investments

The premier gives the go-ahead to the use of cohesion funds for missiles and confirms the no to the use of EU troops: “I'll rearm the wrong word.” The exclusion of military spending from the deficit-GDP ratio is fine, but investments in Defense must be accounted for in the NATO environment. Do not create a competition between...

Separation of military spending from the deficit-GDP ratio, relations between Ukraine and NATO, rearmament and loans to finance the increase in military spending were the topics discussed by the Prime Minister...

Speaking to Italian journalists, Giorgia Meloni believed that the term "armament" was inappropriate and did not send a clear message to European citizens.

The message of the armament is not clear to European citizens and is causing concern, the Italian Prime Minister said on the sidelines of the European Union summit on Friday.

The Italian proposal to not count defense spending in the ratio of public deficit to GDP was accepted by the "27", as Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stated in... Meloni: Italian proposal on defense spending in relation to public debt accepted - NAVAL MARKET

“They accepted a proposal from Italy to separate defense expenses from the GDP deficit. There are risks with regard to debt, we are thinking of instruments to guarantee private investments on the Invest Eu model.” This was stated by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the extraordinary European Council.