by Editorial Staff In the Chamber, a crucial vote took place yesterday regarding the authorization to ratify the ESM (European Stability Mechanism). The result was the rejection of the proposal, with 72 votes in favour, 184 against and 44 abstentions. There was, therefore, a deep division within the Chamber on a topic that Italy [...]
read more(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday a full day dedicated to the Mes, safety decrees and Recovery Plan. The three thorns that make the nights sleepless for Prime Minister Conte and perhaps also for President Mattarella. The vote in the Senate on the ESM reform, with its 156 votes in favor, 129 against and 4 abstentions shows that the [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) As soon as the time to congratulate the government for having given the Italian approval to the Eurogroup to start the work of the ESM reform, in the bank-saving version, that Berlusconi has again cleared the cards in view of the vote in Chamber next December 9: "We will not support the ESM reform in Parliament [...]
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So Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on his Facebook profile spoke of a plan for the future. Perhaps that plan that Europe wants to hear and see in order to launch the various credit lines, Recovery Fund, Bei, Fondo Sure etc. in favor of EU countries, afflicted by an economic crisis that is unprecedented in [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Late yesterday evening the president of the Eurogroup Mario Centeno showed his appreciation, in reference to the speed of the timing and the amount of funding made available to counter the economic emergency: "I want to specify that the new lines of credit will not entail particular stigma, they are available to all countries in the euro area, [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday a letter signed by the vice president, Valdis Dombrovskis, and the commissioner for economic affairs, Paolo Gentiloni, was sent to the president of the Eurogroup Mario Centeno. Today there will be the videoconference of the finance ministers of the eurozone. The letter pointed out that as regards the funds of the Mes (2 percent of GDP [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Last night in a “flash” speech the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, at the end of the European Council meeting announced: “Italy is in the front row asking for the Recovery Fund. Such an instrument was unthinkable until now and will make the European response more solid and coordinated ”. As everyone now [...]
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The Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte has just posted on his Fb profile, his position on the much discussed MES (Save States Fund), in the light of the EU Council meeting on April 23. “A debate is rising about the Mes which risks dividing the whole of Italy according to opposing supporters and rigid contrasts. My location […]
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(by Francesco Matera) A granite rock, made up of Prodi, Zingaretti, Renzi, Speranza, Berlusconi and all the ministers, except those of the M5S, strongly support the use of the Mes (Save States Fund) which would bring Italy an equal figure to 2 per cent of GDP, about 37 billion euros. Immediately available money which, according to the Eurogroup, can be used [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) “It's still not enough. And it won't be enough until we have quickly accessible European bonds, the rest matters little ”. This is the position expressed by the Italian premier, Giuseppe Conte, who does not move the position held towards Brussels by an inch. No to Mes, Yes to corona bond. Today at 17.00 [...]
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While in Italy we are starting to think of measures for a probable relaxation of movement restrictions, the president of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen yesterday wanted to approve general "guidelines" for the exit of the various countries from the lockdown. Guidelines not shared with other countries, especially with Italy, where the virus has [...]
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On the one hand, France agrees with Italy on the creation of a new fund to be dedicated to the economic emergency from Covid-19, on the other hand with Germany it is already working to use the resources of the Mes, the Salva Fund States, with lighter conditions of return. The same light conditions that the Italian Prime Minister, [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The 27 heads of state and government agree only on one front: to implement greater coordination on the health aspects of the emergency. On the rest they remain separated in a house made of cardboard and without foundations. Yesterday, for the first time, the summit of the 27 heads of state and government took place [...]
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(by John Blackeye) On the issue of Coronavirus another question arises spontaneously. But are we sure we need a contingency plan for the economy? Or rather do we need a health emergency plan? It almost seems that seizing the moment of extreme general confusion in which all attention is paid to the development of the epidemic [...]
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Mes forward with small changes, node prescriptions and the two currents of the Movement of the Stars
Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri went to Brussels to look for some small concession that would alleviate the hot political climate created in Italy following the forthcoming signing of the reform of the Mes - European Mechanism Save States: "The possibility of a sub- aggregation of securities in a mechanism that makes the [...] clauses
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The Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte from London, in the middle of the NATO summit, was interviewed by the press: "On the Mes I reconstructed what happened, and until a signature is signed there is always room for improving a Treaty, I don't care if other countries consider the deal closed. Not even for [...]
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“I am here for the information on the changes to the ESM also because I have always tried to ensure clear and transparent dialogue with Parliament. Those in the opposition are showing a poor culture of rules and a lack of respect for the institutions. Neither on my part nor on the part of any member of my Government [...]
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On 12 and 13 December next, the EU Council will have to launch the Mes - the European fund for saving States - and in Italy there will be a succession of top and mini-top leaders. Yesterday the leader of the Movement, Luigi Di Maio asked for a meeting with the representatives of the government parties to negotiate, discuss a probable [...]
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Remote duel on the Mes, on the European state-saving fund. «If Salvini is a man of honor, I say this: go to the Prosecutor's Office to make the complaint. I don't have immunity because I'm not a parliamentarian. He has it and has already taken advantage of it for the Diciotti case. Now see this time, because I will sue him for slander, not [...]
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Another storm for the majority. The new topic on which there will be much to clarify is the ESM, the European Stability Mechanism that can be used to give financial assistance to the eurozone countries that are in difficulty and which could push the countries that will use it to restructure the debt, including Italy. . The mechanism [...]
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