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February 19, 2020 "The proposal" on the EU Budget "by President Michel still remains inadequate" and tomorrow's meeting "promises to be complex". So the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, in the information to the Senate in view of the extraordinary European Council. "Italy is a net contributor to the Union" and "is not available to accept compromise at any cost" - he added - our position - remains consistent with the resolution adopted by this Parliament last December ". Conte then explains" As for security and defense, the proposal brings an incomprehensible retreat in terms of military mobility. The framework of resources destined for Frontex, on the other hand, appears consistent with our wish ".

The concern "about the negotiating proposal that will be brought tomorrow by the President of the European Council Michel to the European Council table" - he continues - is also shared by the European Parliament which, as Sassoli and von der Leyen told me, would not hesitate to reject an inadequate budget ".

"Tomorrow's summit appears, promises - therefore - complex, complicated, based on a proposal that does not reflect the expectations of equipping the European Union with innovative or only adequate tools" in the face "of the high stakes" to face "traditional or new priorities" underlines the Italian Prime Minister.

Italy will ask for mid-term review of the EU budget
Conte during his speech in the Senate, reiterates: "Italy will continue to support the restoration of the medium-term review of the EU budget indispensable for adapting current situations to the future. This request was also made by the European Parliament and is also motivated by the "analysis that the government has made regarding the financing of the EU's multi-annual budget". On the EU 2021-27 budget, "revenue modernization" is needed, he insists, because "we believe it is necessary to introduce new forms of financing by" taxing "large companies in the digital sector, those who exploit the differences between countries, and large polluters ".

Finally, Conte hopes: "The EU must take on a more profiled role as a global player". According to the Italian premier "international cooperation is an example of how better results can be achieved if actions are put in common compared to individual actions".

Renzi: "Difficulties in internal politics but no division over the EU"
"No division is possible on the part of Italia Viva on the issues of continental politics and European commitment: to think that the internal fibrillations of national politics could lead to a distance from European issues would be a wrong act. You President Conte represent us fully in the European Council. " This was said by the leader of Italia Viva, Matteo Renzi, in court in the Senate speaking after the communications by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in view of tomorrow's European Council.