Carlo Fidanza , Head of Foreign Affairs of the Brothers of Italy and Head of delegation to the European Parliament, together with Raffaele Fitto, accompanied Giorgia Meloni on her two days in Brussels. Mrs Fidanza, your balance sheet
“These have been very fruitful days. With the President of the European Parliament Sassoli we highlighted the need to guarantee pluralism now that the Conference on the future of Europe has begun, which cannot be a monologue of uncritical ultra-Europeanists, but must give space to those who, like us, believes in a model of confederal Europe, respectful of national sovereignties and subsidiarity. We discussed the Recovery Fund with Commissioner Gentiloni, reiterating our concern for the strong discretion that the Commission has demanded on national reforms and for the imminent restoration of the Stability Pact, which risks undermining the economic recovery and which must absolutely be modified to definitively set aside austerity.You also met three prime ministers.
“Yes, on the eve of an important European Council in which the Italian government had asked to deal with the immigration issue. With Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa , who will take over the presidency from 1 July, with Polish Mateusz Morawiecki and Hungarian Viktor Orbanwe shared that true European solidarity does not manifest itself in improbable compulsory redistributions destined not to work, but with the protection of the external borders, with common policies to stop departures and repatriate illegal immigrants. Both on the Central Mediterranean and Balkan routes. But these meetings were also an opportunity to ask the three prime ministers for a hand in support of the Italian battle against Nutriscore, traffic light labeling that penalizes the Made in Italy agri-food sector. And there was no lack of deeply felt moments, for example when Giorgia Meloni thanked the Slovenian premier for the commitment of his government in the work of recovering the human remains of thousands of Slovenes and Italians thrown into the sinkholes by the Tito communists: a work of truly meritorious historical truth ” You also talked about the future of the European right. At what point are we with the great maneuvers to form the sovereign super-group
“Of course it has been talked about, on the other hand Giorgia Meloni is the president of the European Conservative Party (ECR) and since the beginning of her mandate she has been dedicating herself to expanding our political family to all those forces that share our values , whether they come from the many disappointed members of a PPE increasingly subordinate to the left or from our right. Just Wednesday, we welcomed two MEPs, one from the EPP, Giuseppe Milazzo, and one from ID, the German Lars Patrick Berg. As for the future, a close dialogue is underway in the meantime to give an alternative signal with respect to the single thought that is manifesting itself with the Conference on the future of the EU. Where it leads and soon to tell. Personally, I am always skeptical when one pretends to apply pure mathematics to politics and in general I prefer diversity and pluralism to forced unions. ECR is the natural home of the European right of government and I like to think that it can represent the meeting point of many political forces in the coming months and years “The anti-lgbtq measures adopted by Orban in Hungary have provoked the outrage of the European institutions. Commissioners Reynders and Breton warned the Magyars and stressed that that law violates the Charter of Fundamental Rights of Europe, using “a method that discriminates against people on the basis of their sex and sexual orientation”. Indeed, article 21 of the Charter of Rights prohibits “any form of discrimination based on sex, race, skin color or sexual orientation”. What do you think about it
“We are facing yet another political attack against Hungary. I read the law, together with Giorgia Meloni we talked about it in Brussels with Orban and I got some ideas. First of all, these matters are the prerogatives of the member states and the EU has no right to interfere with the rules concerning education or the fight against pedophilia.
Yet it is a daily sport in Brussels if we think that, while the sovereign decision of the national Parliament on a matter within its competence is contested, the left in the European Parliament approves the Matic resolution on abortion and gender, which represents a sensational invasion of the field on prerogatives that the Treaties assign to the States. Then we should add that the Hungarian law was also voted on by deputies from Jobbik, which the mainstream press today dubbed as right-wing extremists but which, one can bet, will become sincere democrats when in the spring they participate in the “holy alliance” of all the oppositions against Orban. On the merits I don’t know if I would write an equal law in Italy, each nation has its own specificities and sensitivities. But I know that the ideological hatred against Orban makes liberals and the left forget that the priority interest to defend is always that of the weakest, which in this case are children and minors. Anyone who tears his clothes for alleged discrimination against homosexuals escapes at this point. As a parent, even before a politician, I do not accept that the sexuality education of my children can be the prerogative of associations pursuing a clear ideological agenda marked by the confusion of parental roles and biological sexes. There is a text that clearly states that “the right of parents to provide for the education and instruction of their children according to their religious, philosophical and pedagogical convictions, is respected according to the national laws governing its exercise”. You know what it’s called
Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union, but it was forgotten in Brussels ” So for you UEFA did well not to authorize the lighting of the Munich stadium with the LGBT rainbow
” I think so … and I liked it the Hungarian response with their stadiums illuminated with the national flag, a symbol of unity and rejection of these continuous and cloying interference of politics in sport. This applies to the story of the players kneeling in honor of Black Lives Matter, a movement that in recent months has been tainted with very serious violence and from which we should distance ourselves rather than legitimize it. I claim my right and my freedom as a white and heterosexual man, who has never discriminated against anyone for his skin or his sexual inclinations, not to bow to the dictatorship of the rainbow and the kneeling ” To the EU Council on the initiative of Draghi yes and also spoke of immigration with a renewed commitment to Africa. What does FdI think of the situation in Libya, of the Italian commitment in the Sahel alongside the French and of the newfound harmony (see Draghi-Macron) on the destiny of the African continent relating to issues such as demography, industrial and energy policy
“A few months ago, I inaugurated a cycle of webinars of the Foreign Department of FdI that I have the honor of coordinating with an episode on Africa, in which we reiterated the need to put an end to neo-colonial policies and to invest in the formation of classes reliable local executives. It is essential to involve the states of departure and transit of immigrants, but Draghi’s enthusiasm for the outcome of the Council seemed to us to be really unmotivated. Nothing will change immediately and it could not be otherwise because the line of the Italian government is wrong: to demand mandatory redistribution without protecting the external borders of the Union is an absurdity that no one in Europe is willing to marry. Not France and Germany, not the ruling left in Spain and Denmark.Speaking of the USA, according to some analysts, the G7 in Cornwall summarizes a period passage. Not only did the summit at Biden’s initiative point to China as the new opponent of liberal democracies, but it also marked the end of the post-89 consensus, namely the belief that market self-regulation would ensure social balance and primacy. geopolitical of the West. What is his opinion on the matter
“Unregulated globalization, accelerated definitively by China’s entry into the WTO, has shown all its cracks. Having said the king was naked was perhaps the Trump presidency’s greatest merit. Biden is right to continue on this path and seems to want to involve Europe as well in the need to face the Chinese threat. This should lead to a rethinking of the development model: a certain green ideology, in a world in which the Chinese control – also thanks to their penetration into Africa – a large part of the raw materials, risks playing their game. In this context, we think that Italy must be ready, fighting for a fairer global market,
