“There are anomalies, we need to clarify”- Corriere.it

We need to clarify the Artem Uss case. The prime minister says so Giorgia Meloni in a press point on the sidelines of the mission in Ethiopia. «Certainly the fact is quite serious, I reserve the right to talk about it with Minister Nordio when I get back to understand how things went, there are certainly anomalies. I believe the main anomaly is the decision of the court of appeal to keep him under house arrest for questionable reasons and to maintain the decision even when there was a decision on extradition: therefore I believe that the minister was right to initiate disciplinary action and therefore we need to clarify.” Then he adds: “We had not been informed by the other intelligence services about the nature of the figure” of Artem Uss, “we knew that there was a request from the US Department of Justice, linked however to issues of tax fraud, that is to another matter than what may seem broader”.

The prime minister then talks about the problems with the Pnrr. “The prescription of European Commission is the end of August and we want to do our best to spend these resources in the best possible way, so in the meantime let’s meet the deadlines. As far as plan changes are concerned, we take the time necessary to achieve the real goal, which is not to be top of the class but to do a job that allows us to spend these resources in the best possible way. It is not an easy job but we are doing it every day and with great seriousness. I can’t give a precise date but we respect the prescriptions that are given to us ».

On migrants, explains the Italian premier, «in the Council of Ministers together with regulations much tougher on traffickers, we also approved a three-year flow decree trying to send the message that if these nations help us fight the networks of traffickers, we are giving signals in terms of regular flows but also of training. For example, Somalia has its difficulties but if we decide to bet, as we should, on the stabilization of Somalia, tomorrow there will be a reconstruction issue and they have a problem with training in the construction sector. And then we can help with that.” To those who ask her if she has heard Matteo Salvini on the subject, Meloni explains that she has not confronted the leader of the League “recently, we spoke about this matter a couple of weeks ago precisely to understand whether to work as a government initiative or as a parliamentary initiative on the modification of the provision that when we fired in the CDM we said that we would work on it further in the Chamber, in the end we chose to let the parliamentary groups work because it is also right out of respect for Parliament but there is no substantial difference there is the will to work together it is normal that various amendments are presented and that a synthesis is then found with the most effective solution”.

On the political front, Meloni observes: «I have always been convinced that plurality, even within the centre-right, it is an enrichment rather than a problem. The point is the will to walk together. I see that will today, but then, if that will remains understood, there are also different nuances, this is certainly easier to do today with the parties, what will happen tomorrow no one is able to say”.