Meloni underlines his support for the EU and NATO and launches a warning to those who want to “monitor” his management

Oct. 25 () –

The Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, has stressed that her government will continue to be a reliable partner within the EU and NATO and has urged those who want to “monitor” her management from outside that neither the Italian authorities nor the population have to take “lessons” from anyone.

The foreign policy of the new Executive has been the subject of debate before it has even started to walk as a result of the pro-Russian confessions of the leader of Forza Italia, Silvio Berlusconi, one of the three legs on which the coalition is based. Antonio Tajani, number two of this formation, acts as Foreign Minister.

However, just as he did after Berlusconi’s statements were broadcast, Meloni claimed in his first speech before Parliament, prior to the vote on a matter of confidence, that he would be loyal to NATO and also to the EU, regardless of calling for reforms to improve efficiency.

“In recent days, some have said that they want to watch over our country. I would say that they can spend their time on other things,” he warned, in an apparent reply to pronouncements such as those made by the French government, which publicly expressed some misgivings after the far-right rise in Italy.

“In this room there are opposition forces capable of making their voices heard without external help, I hope,” added the leader of the Brothers of Italy, before suggesting that any external criticism would be a “lack of respect” for the entire country. “Not me or my government,” she added, according to the AdnKronos agency.

Meloni has thanked the support of the Italian people in the elections on September 25, thanks to which she has become the first woman to preside over a Government in Italy. The president has been interrupted with applause after reviewing a list of women with historical relevance.

He has also celebrated that Italy put an end to the “great anomaly” that has meant chaining governments that did not emerge from the polls. Now, “a political government that fully represents the popular will” is starting, Meloni emphasized, escorted in her speech by Tajani and by the other deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, leader of the League.

The Government, which took office over the weekend, is obliged to submit to individual questions of trust in the Chamber of Deputies and in the Senate, without its survival being at risk.