(Finance) – After the go-ahead with fibrillations in the Senate, due to the exit of Minister Di Maio and other parliamentarians from the M5S, also the House voted in favor of the resolution by majorityon communications from the Prime Minister Mario Draghi ahead of the European Council. The text was approved with 410 yes, 29 no and 34 abstentions.
“Unity is essential, in these moments, when the country is even indirectly involved in a war. The decisions that must be made are very complex even on a personal level, they are profound decisions, which also have profound and complicated moral implications. For which having your support in making these decisions is crucial to me“, said Draghi, also citing the impact of the sanctions on families and their purchasing power.
Draghi’s speech in the Chamber, in essence, retraced yesterday’s speech in the Senate, summarizing first of all the topics on the agenda of the next European Council on 23 and 24 June: developments in the war in Ukraine and European support for Kiev; the humanitarian, food, energy and security effects of the conflict; aid to families and businesses hit by the crisis; the prospects for EU enlargement; the follow-up to the Conference on the future of Europe.
Among the targets also the need to seeking lasting peacewhich Italy has sought from the very beginning even if – he warns – “to sit down and begin to outline a peace plan, a party, which today is continuing the war and seeking positions of advantage, needs to” withdraw and ” only then can we begin to talk about peace “, but the positions are now irreconcilable.
Regarding the exceptions of some parliamentarians oneffectiveness of sanctionsDraghi replied that all international organizations and the data indicate that they will become “still.” more effective this summer and all the signals coming from Russia give evidence that this is happening “.