(Finance) – La President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Melonireceived the Chigi at Palazzo Chigi European Commissioner for Internal Affairs, Magnus Brunner, within the framework of his first visit to Italy. At the center of the interview – Palazzo Chigi knows in a note -, the next migratory policy initiatives of the European Commission starting from the strengthening of partnerships with the countries of origin and transit of migrants and by the implementation of the migration and asylum pact, including the Possible advance of the new concept of country sure of origin.
Melons He also reiterated his support for a new and more effective European regulatory framework on the subject of repatriations in view of the imminent presentation by the Commission of a specific legislative proposal.
“Thanks, Giorgia Meloni, for the warm welcome to Palazzo Chigi. Italy is a key partner for the commission in the management of migration. The implementation of the pact on kindergarten and migrations is a priority for this year: where possible , we will do things faster – he wrote Brunner on X at the end of the meeting with the Prime Minister -. We also discussed a common approach on repatriation as a missing ring of the pact and we have explored new ideas for the management of migration. As for internal security, we have addressed emerging geopolitical and online threats, key elements of the strategy that I will present in March “.
“We had a profitable conversation with President Meloni and we are aligned on all the themes we discussed, so it was a profitable dialogue, a big day today in Rome, first with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and now with the Prime Minister” he then said Brunner To the reporters who expected him out of Palazzo Chigi.
As for the Italian line on the definition of safe countries, The EU Commissioner for internal affairs and migrations He stressed that “we talked about it, we now know that the pact on immigration and asylum is an excellent starting point and I am very happy that Italy supports this package and its implementation, but the pact is not enough, there are some Missing pieces, like the part on the repatriation, and we are working on the legislation relating to them that we will present very soon in the coming weeks. Meloni, because – he concluded – Italy is a very important partner for us when it comes to dealing with the topics of immigration in general, of the implementation of the new legislation contained in the pact and the implementation of the legislation on repatriation “.