Speaking in front of the Chamber of Deputies, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called for a dialogue with Moscow and for a new security architecture in Europe. Meloni, as reported by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, was “not enthusiastic” about the June 7 E3 meeting in London with Zelensky.
“We must help create the conditions for peace by working, together with our allies, to establish solid security guarantees for Ukraine and a new European security architecture that can ensure stability in the long term. To achieve this goal, it is clearly essential to preserve Euro-Atlantic unity and strengthen coordination between Europe and the United States,” Meloni said.
Furthermore, Meloni is pushing to open a dialogue with Vladimir Putin: “Our firm stance toward Russia must not turn into diplomatic blindness or self-exclusion. I continue to raise the issue of the need for Europe to initiate a joint and pragmatic reflection on the terms of its interaction with Moscow. Defending the boundaries of the law does not prevent us from keeping open the channels necessary to achieve our objectives: the European Union must be ready to lead this dialogue, while it would be a mistake to merely endure it.”
Backing Meloni’s approach, the Chamber of Deputies approved a motion calling on the EU to open a dialogue with Moscow and, among other things, on the government to consult Parliament on any new enlargement of the EU. A reference to the “territorial integrity” of Ukraine was erased from the first draft, upon opposition by the Lega.
