'Pacta sunt servanda,' the Latin tag
for pacts must be respected, was how European Economic Affairs
Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni replied when asked about the new
Giorgia Meloni-led rightwing Italian government at an EU-US
forum organized by the Atlantic Council Wednesday.
"We are ready to collaborate with all governments, including the
one coming into power in Italy," said the former Italian
premier.
"We have a very important cooperation with Rome on the
(National) Recovery (and Resilience Plan), NRRP, and we have
our common rules, which we expect all member States to meet,"
said the former centre-left Democratic party (PD) chairman.
He said the EC expected all members to "adhere to the pacts
underlying our Union" and added: "I am confident that it will be
so for Italy too.
"We are ready to cooperate".
Italy is set to get the bulk, almost 200 billion euros, of the
EU's massive post-COVID recovery fund in exchange for meeting
'milestone' reform targets.
Speeding up a snail-paced justice system, cutting red tape on
business and attracting more inward investment are among the
goals.
"It is fundamental that the new government honours the NRRP,"
Gentiloni stressed.
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