«Has the truth about Regeni been traded in exchange for help with the gas?»- Corriere.it

“I think Italy cannot consider Egypt’s lack of cooperation on the murder of Giulio Regeni as a price to pay on the altar of economic interests.” The secretary of the Pd Elly Schlein said this in Treviso, in reference to the collaboration of our country with Egypt for the supply of methane gas. «I’ve heard – explained Schlein, referring to statements by Eni’s managing director, Claudio Descalzi – that from countries like Egypt “if you give, you get”. I want to ask the government if the impunity of Giulio Regeni’s torturers and murderers is also considered among the things to “give in order to receive”.

Angelo Bonelli also takes sides against Descalzi: «The Egyptian government gave us Giulio Regeni as a corpse because he was murdered. What did Italy give Egypt in exchange for gas? Give up prosecuting Regeni’s killers?», says the co-spokesman of Green Europe and deputy for Greens and the Left.

On Saturday, speaking at the Forza Italia convention, Eni’s number one explained: «Egypt helped us by giving up its loads this summer to send them to Italy to fill the stocks. These are countries that if you give, you get». From Milan, Descalzi had explained that the speed with which Italy managed to make up for the cut in Russian gas supplies is linked to the “deep roots” that our country and Eni have built in countries such as Egypt, Angola, Algeria, Congo, Mozambique. «Investing over time, respecting others, taking risks with those in need, thus becoming credible, is what has given us the capacity for this diversification, for this partial replacement of Russian gas, which will be complete in two years». Descalzi said.

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