"The repeal tout court of the abuse of office would not comply with international and European law" "It would represent a breach of the international obligations signed by Italy in terms of corruption with the Strasbourg and Merida Conventions", says prosecutor Giovanni Melillo. Melillo also drew attention to "the state of deep and widespread criminal conditioning of the conduct of the public administration" The intervention will come just as the country with the PNR "is preparing to use huge resources" which are also the result of "taxes paid by citizens of other European states"