Premier Giorgia Meloni posed an open
question for centre-left opposition Democratic Party (PD) leader
Elly Schlein at the presentation of PhotoAnsa 2023 in Rome
Monday, asking her why no on had activated the European
Stability Mechanism (ESM) bailout fund, the approval of whose
reform has pitted Rome against its EU allies.
"The ESM debate is a very Italian debate and also a very
ideological one, testifying to the instrumentality of certain
positions: you cannot talk about the ESM if you do not know the
context," said the premier.
"Certain statements make me smile, such as PD secretary Elly
Schlein saying 'we cannot hold the whole of Europe down'.
"Perhaps she doesn't know that the ESM exists, whoever wants to
activate it can easily activate it.
"Perhaps we should ask ourselves why, at a time when we are all
jumping through hoops to find resources, no one wants to
activate it: this would be the debate to open".
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