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April 08, 2020 "Italy will not become the outlet of other nations as in 2008". This was stated by Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio in an interview with Il Sole 24 Ore, assuring that in the face of the crisis triggered by the coronavirus "national strategic assets will be protected": "We need a strong role of the state in the restart", he warns. On the restart, he explains, "the scientific committee will tell us what steps will be taken. We must be careful because if we miss the times of phase two we go back to lockdown and start again. It is difficult for everyone but we must respect the rules to get out first "emergency. Reconstruction has already begun, the important thing will be to maintain the proactive spirit that the government is showing. Unity and compactness are the key words".

As for Fraccaro's proposal, which did not exclude public capital interventions in businesses and Deputy Minister Castelli, who relaunched a new IRI, Di Maio observes: "The state will do everything to ensure that national strategic assets are protected. Italy does not it will become the outlet of other nations as in 2008 but it is evident that a strong role of the State is needed in the restart phase. The Italian system, production and market shares must be protected as much as possible. The names do not matter but the final goal: to leave as quickly as possible ".

To those who accuse him of being pro-Chinese, Di Maio replies: "This is a surreal film that is being built only in Italy. The US itself is receiving important aid from China, the governor of Ny Cuomo has publicly thanked Beijing for the fans Italy has received aid from all over the world, there are no political colors in the face of solidarity. Here we are not talking about geopolitical structures or alliances, to which Italy remains loyal, but about humanity ".

At Pratica di Mare the arrival of flights with aid from Ukraine and Qatar
Meanwhile, this morning the Foreign Minister is in Pratica di Mare for the arrival of two flights with medical aid for Italy, in the context of the coronavirus emergency. The first flight arriving from Qatar, with two 500-seat field hospitals on board. The second from Ukraine, with other humanitarian aid.