Rome, 30 Oct. (LaPresse) – “I am fully aware that our support for Ukraine may come at a political cost, and that there may even be a section of our electorate that disagrees, but I have no intention of changing my position.” So said Giorgia Meloni in Bruno Vespa’s book *Storia della Seconda Repubblica. From Berlusconi to Meloni, from Prodi to Schlein’, to be published on Monday 2 November by Mondadori-RAI Libri. “Because I do not support Ukraine simply for the sake of the Ukrainians. I do so for Italy,” the Prime Minister emphasises. “An international context in which only the law of the militarily strongest prevails is not in our nation’s interests. This is not a political opinion; it is a fact. If we had allowed Ukraine to be easily conquered, are we sure that Moscow would have stopped, rather than pushing further, as has indeed happened in the past? And if it had attacked a NATO country, what would we have done, given that NATO countries have a mutual defence commitment? Would we have started a war or, quite simply, would we have brought about the end of the Atlantic Alliance, which has guaranteed peace and prosperity for Western Europe whilst Eastern Europe lived under oppression and in poverty under the Soviet yoke? I support Ukraine because all other scenarios are potentially far more frightening.” “I believe it was the right and necessary choice, in defence of a nation under attack and of an international order that cannot accept the rule of the strongest or wars of aggression,” continues the Prime Minister. “The heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people, with the vital support of the West, has, I believe, demonstrated even to the sceptics that there is a people, a history and an identity there that refuse to be crushed. I would call it patriotism and, as a woman of the right, I cannot help but admire it.”
Ukraine, Meloni: “Support for Kyiv comes at a political cost, but our stance remains unchanged”
Rome, 30 Oct. (LaPresse) – “I am fully aware that our support for Ukraine may come at a political cost, and that there may even be a section of our electorate that disagrees, but I have no intention of changing my position.” So said Giorgia Meloni in Bruno Vespa’s book *Storia della Seconda Repubblica. From Berlusconi to Meloni, from Prodi to Schlein’, to be published on Monday 2 November by Mondadori-RAI Libri. “Because I do not support Ukraine simply for the sake of the Ukrainians. I do so for Italy,” the Prime Minister emphasises. “An international context in which only the law of the militarily strongest prevails is not in our nation’s interests. This is not a political opinion; it is a fact. If we had allowed Ukraine to be easily conquered, are we sure that Moscow would have stopped, rather than pushing further, as has indeed happened in the past? And if it had attacked a NATO country, what would we have done, given that NATO countries have a mutual defence commitment? Would we have started a war or, quite simply, would we have brought about the end of the Atlantic Alliance, which has guaranteed peace and prosperity for Western Europe whilst Eastern Europe lived under oppression and in poverty under the Soviet yoke? I support Ukraine because all other scenarios are potentially far more frightening.” “I believe it was the right and necessary choice, in defence of a nation under attack and of an international order that cannot accept the rule of the strongest or wars of aggression,” continues the Prime Minister. “The heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people, with the vital support of the West, has, I believe, demonstrated even to the sceptics that there is a people, a history and an identity there that refuse to be crushed. I would call it patriotism and, as a woman of the right, I cannot help but admire it.”