Rome (ANSA) – Ursula von der Leyen and Giorgia Meloni had their first assembly in Brussels for the reason that new European Fee took workplace. “On the middle of the assembly – introduced Palazzo Chigi – have been the motion priorities of the brand new EU institutional cycle, beginning with the revival of the EU’s position and competitiveness on the earth”. Meloni “significantly centered on the prospects of the automotive sector within the context of the environmental transition and the sturdy issues of the nationwide agricultural sector inside the EU-Mercosur Settlement”.
Two matters on which there have been frictions within the EU. On automotive, one of many sticking factors is the EU’s deliberate ban on diesel and gasoline engines by 2035. Meloni has repeatedly known as for “a assessment of these laws that danger crippling the European automotive trade” as a result of the objective needs to be “supporting applied sciences that contribute to lowering emissions”, whereas avoiding “ideological closures which might be dangerous to many industries”.
Much more divergent are the positions on the EU-Mercosur settlement finalized initially of December by von der Leyen. Within the following days, Meloni introduced that, from Italy’s perspective, “with no stability there isn’t any help for the settlement”, as there’s a danger of an “impression” on the agricultural sector.
“With Giorgia Meloni – wrote von der Leyen on social media – we mentioned the necessity to revitalize Europe’s position on the worldwide stage. Let’s create extra partnerships and alliances that contribute to our prosperity. We additionally mentioned the necessity to intensify the struggle in opposition to migrant trafficking with companions”.
The 2 leaders, added Palazzo Chigi, “agreed to additional strengthen the collaboration and complementarity between the Italian Mattei Plan for Africa and the European World Gateway Technique” (December 20).
