Di Maio: people are dying, people do not want quarrels between politicians but results

2020-04-17T20:40:09.834Z

Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, speaking tonight on the War and Peace broadcast on TV 2000, replied on the hot topics concerning Europe in crisis due to the coronavirus emergency and the solutions between MES and the European fund, and the possible Phase 2, but with the necessary precautions. "The vote in the European Parliament is an opening of credit to the negotiation that we are carrying out and which will end on April 23, when the European leaders will meet not to discuss the Mes or Bei, but a fund of 1,000-1,500 billion" he said. "We need unity to go to that table and play the negotiation of life, not for Italy but for Europe". On the divisions in the majority with respect to the instrument of the Mes, Di Maio warned that "people are dying and people do not want to see politicians who fight, but that these get results". "Italy does not want to be paid off by someone else's debts, it has always paid for itself. The recovery fund serves to create the conditions to spend the money you need in favor of families, businesses and workers." "When Italy makes Italy at European tables, it goes head-on to affect decisions that help all Europeans, not just Italians," he added, referring to the internal divisions of the majority on the Mes. On the possible Phase 2, he then talked about the health material and the possible reopening of the country and to do it "intelligently" ensuring the protection of citizens and workers: the minister recalled the need for "one billion masks a month, as mentioned from the University of Turin, it is not an unlikely number ". "The reopening and the possibility of going out will have to be linked to the availability of individual projection devices, including the masks," he explained. Finally on Catholic-inspired TV he said he agreed with Pope Francis on universal income - he added - but "let me say that today there are also 3 million people who are able to eat and feed their children thanks the income of citizenship which is a pride for me ", because" a father can accept not to eat, but he will never accept not to let his son eat. "" The goal must always be to defend human dignity ", he added, saying that he was certain that "we would go further and further towards a state that will rediscover the value of life and its protection".