The new government led by Fratelli d'Italia has been at the center of the debate in Europe. Observers have raised doubts about the stability of the EU balance with a prime minister who belongs to the European Conservatives. Yesterday, on the pages of the Corriere della Sera, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, spoke about it in a long interview. "It is a sterile debate - said the Minister of Foreign Affairs - our alliances will always be those that contribute to defending our national interest and that allow us to make an effective and constructive contribution at European level. Meloni's European party voted for the election of Von der Leyen, as well as for the election of Metsola. We are talking about a European right, not the extreme right. We will invest more and more in the Community institutions. One of my first decisions was to increase the number of diplomats in our Representation to the EU: we need to count more there. And it will be an important increase, which will bring us more in line with the weight, also of the staff, that Germany and France have". "Strengthening and supporting our presence in Brussels, where we already have excellence, will be one of our priorities," Tajani concluded.
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