(ANSA) - ROME, 05 MAY - "Italy does not intend to use Pnrr funds to produce weapons".
Sources from Palazzo Chigi affirm this, when asked by ANSA, adding that "Italy, in coordination with its allies, supports Ukraine on a political and military level. The government is in favor of strengthening the capacity of the European defense industry - they explain - also in perspective of greater strategic autonomy of the EU.
Italy is in favor of a flexible use of European funds, including those of the PNRR, but the latter is a strategic investment instrument and not a vehicle for financing the production of munitions or armaments".
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