"My vision of Europe is a confederal Europe based on the principle of subsidiarity. Let Brussels do what it does best, and Rome refrain from acting in areas where it cannot compete alone." These are the words of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni addressed to RAI journalist Bruno Vespa in the book "La grande tempesta. Mussolini, la guerra civile. Putin, il ricatto nucleare. La Nazione di Giorgia Meloni (The big storm. The civil war, Mussolini. Putin, energy extortion. Giorgia Meloni's Nation)", which was released today. "We have had a Europe that is invasive in minor matters but absent in major ones. Isn't it better to leave the debate over clam diameters to the individual countries and deal with energy supply at the EU level? ", she explained. "To call ourselves Atlanticists but not pro-Europeans strikes me as illogical. Everything nowadays is extremely ideological. If you are a federalist, then you are also pro-european. European federalism is more central, whereas national federalism is more decentralized. What exactly is the point? Do we want to say that the European Union has failed? In Europe, much of the decision-making power is concentrated in the hands of the Commission, as indicated by governments, but in our legal system, sovereignty is exercised by the people through Parliament. Something is wrong, particularly in our parliamentary republic." The President of the Council used the pandemic as an example. "When Covid arrived, we realized we had delivered microchip production to China. China has clearly decided to prioritize its internal market, and we have remained dry. The Commission recognized the problem and allocated EUR 50 billion to support the production of European microchips. When we brought up the issue of controlling key supply chains, we were told we were autarkic." The imbalances in the Community philosophy disappointed the Council President: "There is no such thing as European foreign policy: we went in random order in Libya, and the same thing happened in Ukraine. Instead, we see that Europe must address gender issues".
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