«Security, we are not the Banana Republic, we will prove it. I wish Italians a year of recovery»- Corriere.it

“Yesterday it was definitively approved by the Senate.
I’m proud of it, it’s a maneuver that, despite the limited time and resources, is political. It contains choices, and with it we begin to fulfill the commitments made with the citizens during our electoral campaign”. Thus the premier Giorgia Meloni in the course of her social column “Giorgia’s notes”. And then a wish: “May 2023 be a year of victories, of recovery, built on the pride and optimism of Italians and on the ability and leadership of Italians to be a good example of this pride and this optimism”.

The maneuver just approved, adds the head of government, «he is dedicated above all to the future, he looks a lot at the new born, to new jobs, to new companies. He looks to the optimism of this nation, he wants to encourage those who intend to do their part to improve the economic conditions of this nation”. Meloni then hopes that «with the former measures of this government” to have managed to transfer “a little optimism, faith in institutions, in a policy, in a government that has no bosses, who do not look at anyone. Who simply do what is right to do, what must be done».

“With the decree on NGOs we enforce international law: ‘If you save people you have to bring them to safety. If the rules are not respected, we have provided for sanctions”. Then: «Our goal is to stop departures, distribute only those who are entitled equally among the 27 European countries. In terms of safety, we are not the banana republic, we will prove it».

According to the Prime Minister, the crackdown launched by the Council of Ministers «has as its objective respect for international law which does not provide that there is someone who can make the ferry at sea and go back and forth with the smugglers to transfer people from one nation to another”.