With 13 days to go until the legislative elections in Italy, the newspaper Corriere della Sera brought together the two main opponents in the only face-to-face of this electoral campaign.
Energy prices and relations with Europe were the main topics of the debate between the leader of the Democratic Party, Enrico Letta and the leader of the “Brothers of Italy” party, Giorgia Meloni.
“There is a Germany that does not agree with the price of gas because it has contracts with Russia under which German companies pay a third of what Italian companies pay for gas, which also creates a competitiveness problem. We want a Europe in which Italy can also defend its interests and seek solutions together with others“, stated Meloni.
Letta criticized Meloni for his admiration for the governments of Hungary and Poland, and defended a Europe of solidarity.
“For us, the Europe that works is that of solidarity, the one that came together after the pandemic and made the extraordinary choice of giving Italy the money from the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism. This is the Europe that works and that we want to advance. But we need to remove the right of veto and ensure that we have the ability to be effective and intervene in areas where Europe cannot intervene due to blocking the decisions of those who do not waive their right to veto,” he said.
Voters in Europe's fourth-largest economy vote on September 25. Meloni's party, in a tripartite alliance with Matteo Salvini's League and Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia, leads voting intentions by around 48%
The center-left alliance, led by Enrico Letta, has 29%.
