“I expected more in the field of immigration. We have worked hard, but the results are not what we expected because the issue is very complex. This issue deserves a second phase of efforts,” rand met Italy’s far-right prime minister on a news program on Transalpine public television.
Meloni won the elections on September 25, 2022, after the resignation of his predecessor, Mario Draghi, and on October 22 he took office as prime minister, the first woman in this position in the country’s history, supported by the coalition of Brothers. of Italy, for the League, by Matteo Salvini, and for Força Italia, by Silvio Berlusconi.
“The balance must be found by the Italians. Personally, I can say that I promised to deliver a better Italy than the one I received, and after a year Italy is more credible, more stable and more listened to. This is the start of the work to be evaluated at the end of the five yearsS [da legislatura]”, he told TG1.
Meloni acknowledged that migration results are not as expected, as 132,867 immigrants have arrived in the country so far this year, doubling the number a year ago and tripling the number in 2021, despite coming during the election campaign a “naval blockade” in the Mediterranean to prevent this situation.
On the other hand, Meloni said she was proud of the economic figures, of “an Italy that, after years at a low point, is now growing more than the European average” – the European Commission (EC) forecasts growth of 0.9% . % for Italy this year, up from 1.2% in May, while the Eurozone average will grow by 0.8%.
The Italian leader also expressed his pride in having “found resources for people in difficulties and for people with low average incomes” and also in keeping her promise to dismantle the controversial “Citizenship Income”, a subsidy approved by the Five Movement in the last parliamentary term. Stars.
She was also pleased that she had taken action “where necessary, such as in banking and in areas where other governments did not dare”, referring to the bank tax on extraordinary profits that scared the sector last August.
On the other hand, he again expressed doubts about the introduction of a minimum wage requested by the center-left opposition.
“I’m surprised that the opposition is discovering its usefulness today because they haven’t made that possible in the last 10 years of government. I fear it could worsen conditions for more workers than it benefits, but we are waiting for the report from the National Economic Council.” and employment (CNEL),” he stated.
Meloni plans to stay in power for five years, a rarity in a country that has had 68 governments in more than seventy years of democracy.
“I see a five-year horizon to implement the major reforms the country needs,” he said, listing fiscal, legal, “merit in education,” constitutional and other reforms to intervene in the “housing market emergency”.
“There is still a lot of work to be done, but we will deliver on the promises we have made,” he concluded.
Source: DN
