The expected sentence of Mario Draghi arrived this morning at the opening of the ceremony at the Council of State. “I want to express first of all my strongest condemnation of the Russian government’s decision to recognize the two separatist territories of Donbass- the Prime Minister made his debut in his speech -. This is an unacceptable violation of Ukraine’s democratic sovereignty and territorial integrity. “For Draghi,”the path of dialogue remains essentialbut we are already defining within the European Union measures and sanctions against Russia “. Sanctions that” do not work miracles, but do harm “, will explain in the late afternoon from Brussels the High Representative of the EU Josep Borrell, in a press conference in which he will be called to take stock of the package of measures approved against Moscow.
The former ECB number one assures that he is “in constant contact with his allies for find a peaceful solution to the crisis and avoid a war in the heart of Europe“. A solution is being worked on, sanctions are evaluated, the path of dialogue and diplomacy is fought. At Palazzo Chigi the cards are held, explaining that there is no history of the contacts between Draghi and the allies.” moves firmly within the framework of the Atlantic alliance “, the line. The Elysée will take care of announcing the phone call with President Emmanuel Macron, who in the meantime also heard the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the President of the European Council Charles Michel, the premier British Boris Johnson.
The expected mission of Draghi in Moscow has not yet been shipwrecked despite the escalation of the crisis. It is not excluded that the premier will fly to Moscow shortly to meet Vladimir Putin. In the meantime, however, he will not be the one to report to Parliament tomorrow on the Ukrainian crisis, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio will take care of it. An absence, that of the premier (expected tomorrow in Florence, ed), who opens a real case in Montecitorio, with Fdi raising the question in the conference of the group leaders. Shortly thereafter, it is announced that Draghi will also report to Parliament on the Ukrainian crisis next week. Giorgia Meloni bears the result: “A dutiful act towards the Parliament and the Italians”, obtained “thanks to Fdi”.
Meanwhile, from Paris, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio announces that the “Italian government is preparing financial aid for Ukraine”. Today, at the G7 and at the meeting of foreign ministers of the European Union, “allowed us to coordinate the sanctions against Russia”, explains the head of the Farnesina, noting that the response of the European Union must “be firm and adamant “respect” to the claim to withdraw Russian troops from Ukraine and bring dialogue and diplomatic confrontation back to the table “.
After Vladimir Putin firmly underpinned the choice to recognize the independence of the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Lugansk, accelerating the crisis, and the EU approved the sanctions to be adopted, the US position is now awaited, with President Joe Biden who will speak to the nation shortly.
And again in the States, the thrust of the Wall Street Journal did not go unnoticed in Rome which, denouncing the “cracks in Western resolve towards Russia”, in an editorial signed by the Editorial Board of the financial newspaper pointed the finger in particular at Italy, which is “already faltering”. The WSJ recalled how our country imports about 90% of its gas needs, being one of the “major customers of Moscow on the continent”. Draghi, the editorial reads, “does not want his legacy as prime minister of national unity to be tarnished by an energy crisis, but allowing Moscow imperialism would be an even bigger blemish.”
But in a majority where there has always been no shortage of fibrillation, even sanctions against Russia divide, giving back the picture of political forces that coexist but do not march together. The League, in particular, is cautious about sanctions against Moscow. For Matteo Salvini, in fact, this is the “last option, because then the sanction calls for a counter-sanction and Italian companies and families are the losers”, warns the leader of the League.
And while yesterday the secretary dem Enrico Letta invited to condemn the annexation of Donbass by Russia “without ambiguity”, the ally of the progressive front, Giuseppe Conte, clarifies: “we are in favor of sanctions, a response of this type I believe that there is everything, but Italy must be the promoter of a line of dialogue as it is in its DNA “.
For the former prime minister, who does not fail to observe how “the prospect of an escalation of the Ukrainian crisis risks making the expensive bills more dramatic”, “dialogue must always be supported and all diplomatic windows must be kept open”.
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