Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Spanish president Pedro Sánchez discussed bilateral issues and common purposes at the regional level

Havana, April 5 (RHC) Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni focused her dialogue with the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, on bilateral issues and common purposes at the regional level, in a meeting held this Wednesday.

According to information disclosed on the official website of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, during the talks at the government Chigi palace, Meloni highlighted the convergence between the two countries on various strategic issues.

"This relationship is especially important in view of the Spanish presidency of the European Council, since it is necessary for Europe to give effective and immediate responses" to various problems, among which migration and the reform of the Stability and Growth Pact of the European Union (EU) stood out.

Spain will assume the leadership of the semi-annual turn of the European Council in the second half of 2023, a period of particular relevance, in the opinion of analysts, because during it effective responses must be given to serious problems that affect the region.

After concluding the contact, both leaders offered statements to the news media, in which they highlighted the main aspects discussed.

Regarding the migration issue, the Prime Minister referred to the need for a "change of pace" in Europe to "defense its external confines" in the face of a considerable increase in the flow of irregular migrants who arrive daily.

For his part, Sánchez agreed on the need to implement a migration and asylum pact, which recognizes it is a European problem, not Spain, Italy, Malta or any of the countries of first entry and requires a common political and economic response.

Regarding regional economic governance, the Italian leader stated that "we all expect the reform of the Stability and Growth Pact within this year", and asserted that "we will work together for this objective".

The head of the Spanish Government stressed that both countries "are very aligned" and addressed the common concern about the competitiveness challenge facing Europe in the face of protectionist policies from some nations, as well as the importance of promoting, in the interest of that purpose, deep reforms regional energy level.

Sánchez expressed that his political experience, in his five years in government, shows him that "perhaps the only mistake we have made in the past has been to view politics with suspicion, as if we had something to compete with", and affirmed that in reality Italy and Spain “together make our societies stronger and Europe stronger”. (Source: Prensa Latina)