On European rearmament, apart from the help to Ukraine who are not under discussion, for the Minister of Economy Giancarlo Giorgetti“other thing It is the European defense and security that implies a reasoned program of investments in military infrastructures that make sense, and not made quickly and fury without a logic. I remember that to buy a drone or a supersonic missile, we do not go to the supermarket, it takes multi -year investments “.
Speaking in videocollection with an economic conference of the League, in Montecitorio, the government’s exponent stressed that “at this moment we must keep blood cold and reasoning, to take our commitments but not enter the syndrome that at other times have led us to buy mountains of vaccines at incredible prices, to then throw a part of it, or the same with the gas. These sensational errors made by chaos and confusion, we must avoid them”.
And he recalled the need for “serious, important and aware investments” and that although Europe wants “to have a role, I believe that without the USA it becomes a lot, but very complicated to imagine a form of solution”.
Tajani and Gentiloni promote the action undertaken by the President of the EU Commission
As part of the government, the position of the foreign minister and leader of Forza Italia Antonio Tajani is different, rather than a plan for the defense, he would call the one proposed by Von der Leyen “European security plan”.
“We have seen the decision of the President of the EU Commission towards the European Defense, which is not an alternative choice to NATO”, reiterates Tajani, according to which the goal is to “strengthen the transatlantic alliance, with a European and an American pillar, a guarantee of peace for everyone”.
The former European commissioner Paolo Gentiloni also promotes the plan of von der Leyen: “I think it is a first step, which goes in the right direction. It is clear that it can be improved, but in the difficult hours we are going through I think it is a signal that goes in the right direction. Then we will see”.
For Gentiloni “the West has never been so sick, I would not say that he died, but the crisis is unprecedented, not seeing him is sleepy, and it is one of the reasons why it is right that Europe aims to defend themselves, to defend peace and freedom, knowing that Americans cannot be delegated to do this as has happened for 80 years”.
The comment Blessed of the widow (+Europe) is also positive: “The plan proposed by Von der Leyen can be improved, but not evil, weakened and less than lesser demonized. Finally the European Union addresses the theme of an autonomous and adequate system of defense and deterrence. Therefore, the need for a qualitative leap to adapt the defense device of Europe in terms of technological and effectiveness cannot be questioned.
“The need, in addition to a common foreign policy without veto rights, of a European defense that has an autonomous protection capacity, even of the allies, had been known for decades, and repeatedly desired even by the most friendly American administrations with Europe. At the brutal acceleration of Trump, Europe must respond immediately: there are no other options, if not to accept the total dependence and therefore irrelevance of those who choose to rely on the geopolitical level. and changing benevolence of the other global actors. foresight, by the heads of state and government. On this approach not of national but European sovereignty should push in particular Italy, otherwise destined to remain in the second or third row “, he concludes.
The position of the senator of the M5s Pietro Lorefice is completely opposite: “We fear there is some misunderstanding too many on the crazy European plan of rearm announced by the colonel von der Leyen, who as a good German minister of defense just did not make it not to look at the lobby of the arms. Let’s hear that for Italy there will be new money for investments. A hoax that would simply be laughing. Schemino to the sadly festive troops of the center -right. Premier-underdog Meloni and Minister-Pecker Giorgetti will give Italy up to 50 billion of greater debt. And to do what? Not by research, innovation, industrial development, health and education, but for missiles and cannons “.