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Marta Pacheco

Meloni urges EU to treat energy crisis like defence emergency, relax fiscal rules

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has urged the European Commission to relax fiscal rules for households and industries struggling with soaring energy costs, arguing that energy security should be treated with the same urgency as defence spending.

In a letter sent on Monday to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen seen by Euronews, Meloni said the EU should show the same “political courage” on energy as it has on defence.

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