Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Brussels
where she meets the leaders of the European institutions in the afternoon
.
Before seeing the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, the President of the Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, and the President of the Council, Charles Michel, and Paolo Gentiloni.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, in Brussels for her day of meetings with the leaders of the EU institutions,
had an informal lunch with the Commissioner for the Economy, Paolo Gentiloni
.
As far as we know, it was a "pleasant and dutiful" meeting with the Italian commissioner during which all the emergencies of the moment were dealt with at 360 degrees, from the PNRR to energy, from the war in Ukraine to the new rules of the stability pact. .
"Welcome President Giorgia Meloni to the European Parliament. Italy has always played a central role in the EU.
More than ever - with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, skyrocketing energy prices and rising inflation -
we must remain united. We are stronger if we are together
".
President Metsola wrote in a tweet that she met the Italian premier.
"Wet visit, lucky visit".
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni joked as she entered the Eurochamber's office with Roberta Metsola about the rain that welcomed the head of the Italian government in Brussels.
Meloni and Mestola, after the photos on the ground floor of the Eurocamera, went up to the president's study.
The meeting lasted about an hour and was held in Italian: a twenty-minute face-to-face meeting followed by a 40-minute meeting extended to delegations.
"Tomorrow I have the Council of Ministers, because we are running against time with the budget law"
said Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during the meeting with Roberta Metsola, according to what can be seen in the video released by the Eurocamera.
"I am very happy to have chosen to come here for my first international visit, here in Brussels and in particular to Parliament: this is a clear position that Italy has chosen to pursue" said
Meloni.
Applause and a chorus "Giorgia, Giorgia":
at the end of the meeting with President Roberta Metsola leaving the European Parliament
Giorgia Meloni also stopped for a selfie with some Italian supporters.
"I swear I didn't pay them," she said jokingly she turned to Metsola.
Now the president is headed to the headquarters of the EU commission where she will have the bilateral with Ursula von der Leyen.
Welcome President @GiorgiaMeloni to @Europarl_IT.
Italy has always had a central role in the EU.
More than ever - with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, skyrocketing energy prices and rising inflation - we need to stick together.
We are stronger if we are together
- Roberta Metsola (@EP_President) November 3, 2022
The meeting between the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has just begun
.
The latter welcomed her premier upon her arrival at the Berlaymont building, seat of the European executive, and after a brief exchange of greetings in English, Meloni and von der Leyen were immortalized by photographers in the usual handshake.