Prime Minister Conte and ministers meet Mattarella at the Quirinale on the eve of the EU Council

2020-06-18T10:38:07.920Z

In view of the next European Council, the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, met today at the Quirinale, the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luigi Di Maio, the Minister of Economy, Roberto Gualtieri, the Minister for European Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, and the Undersecretary for the Prime Minister, Riccardo Fraccaro. A note from the Quirinale communicates this. Race in stages for the agreement on the Recovery fund, with tomorrow's European council that will serve for a new exchange of positions between countries, to better understand the differences, explains the EU Commissioner for Economy Gentiloni. And Chancellor Merkel (Germany will take over the European presidency tomorrow), explains that the fund is a necessary and urgent instrument, and underlines that solidarity and cohesion have never been more important than today. Because "no country can overcome this crisis alone", he recalls. The European Council by videoconference next Friday will not be conclusive. "I will ask for Parliament's vote before the next European Council in July", after the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, has presented the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework and when Italy has to have its say. So said Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte yesterday in his speech in the Senate.