“If we don’t build structural and long-term responses, we risk remaining at the mercy of the emergency.” Thus the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on the high cost of energy speaking at the Assolombarda assembly in Milan. In recent years the government has allocated over 60 billion euros to protect Italians from high energy costs, but it is emergency management and long-term structural responses are needed.” underlined President Meloni, recalling among the measures adopted the reduction of charges on the bill, the elimination of the differential between the price of Italian and European gas, and tools such as gas release and energy release. “When tensions in the Middle East and along the Gulf routes caused fuel prices to skyrocket – he further recalled – the government intervened with a cut in excise duties, mobile excise duties and the abolition of car tax on some cars, and made an appeal to the main energy companies to control prices, to which several companies responded positively”. In his speech, Meloni also recalled that the power installed with renewables «has grown by almost 40% and that the national production of oil and gas has been relaunched, because «it makes no sense to buy them thousands of kilometers from here when we can extract part of it in Italy».
«With the bills decree – he continued – we had started a discussion with Brussels to reduce costs for families and businesses. With the Commission we are working to build a mechanism that allows us to contain the price of gas used to produce electricity and the discussion is at an advanced stage”. The Prime Minister also explained that she is confident in the arrival of “a shared solution shortly”.
“Difficult moment, but we are the nation of doing”
«It’s a difficult time but we are the nation of doing, doing is our thing, it means that no one like us can challenge this difficult time, it’s done by those who turn on the lights in the warehouse before dawn, who kept the business open during the pandemic». This was stated by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, speaking at the General Assembly of Assolombarda, in Milan. «Continue doing what you do best, continue to dare, to believe in this adventure called Italy – said Meloni, addressing the audience – This nation has not yet shown the world everything it can do, we can try now and when someone tells you that it is too difficult you react as you have always done, by doing it».