Crisis in Italy is harmful to the EU but Portugal will not suffer “disproportionately” – Observer
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, João Gomes Cravinho, said this fair that political instability in Italy is harmful to the European Union (EU) but defended that, despite everything, the whole of Europe, Portugal will not suffer “disproportionately”.
I am very sorry for the instability in Italy, which is a very important country, due to its size and the influence that Mario Draghi had”, the Portuguese minister told Lusa, on the sidelines of a visit to Albania and North Macedonia, countries that started to jump to the EU.
João Gomes Crav politically, even though the situation is “harmful for the EU”.
But at the same time, Italy, and the normal mechanisms, is a democracy that can be considered its democracy, stressed the head of Portuguese diplomacy.
Italy will hold early parliamentary elections on September 25, following the Drag crisis of its separation unit, due to the movement of its separation unit, due to the movement of its separation unit, due to the 5-star movement and to the separation: o Forza Italia, which was not approved by the Minister of the Government’s motion of confidence requested by the former.
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For the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the political crisis in Italy “will affect the whole of Europe”.
Regarding Portugal, João Gomes Cravinho highlighted that the country “has a great credibility in international markets and therefore will not suffer disproportionately.”
“But they are all so important in some way when the EU is faced with this kind of instability in a country as important as Italy”, he said.
According to the latest polls, the ultra-Brothers of Italy party, nationalist under Giorgia Meloni, guarantees about 23% of voting intentionsahead of the Democratic Party (also around 20%) and the far-right force Liga (14%).
Forza Italia, by Silvio Berlusconi, lost some of its leaders for refusing support for Draghi, around 8%.
Draghi presided over a national unity coalition in the last 17 monthssince February 2021, when the policy of managing the crisis of the covid-19 pandemic and the economic recovery of the country was indicated, after the fall of its predecessor, Giuseppe Conte, leader of M5S, who was at the base of the current crisis.
The coalition was supported by almost all parties with parliamentary support, from the left to the extreme right, except for the ultranationalist movement of Giorgia Meloni.
On July 14th, Draghi announced that did not want to continue to rule without the support of M5Swhen this party abstained in a first vote of confidence.
At that time, Italian President Sergio Mattarella rejected the request for support and asked Draghi to try new political solutions, with due regard to parliament.
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Last week, Mario Draghi won a second confidence vote, but lost the support of three of the parties that supported his coalition – M5S, Força Italia and the League – which justified a new visit to the President, to reiterate his mission request, was accepted, leading to anticipation that the beginnings.
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