Letta: “Parliament should meet to unambiguously condemn Russia”
Political leaders also spoke on the issue of the crisis in Ukraine. “We are waiting for the Prime Minister tomorrow (Friday 25 February, ed) in the House for the Parliament to express its strong condemnation of the Ukrainian invasion”, wrote the secretary of the Democratic Party Enrico Letta on twitter. “We ask that Parliament meet immediately to vote on the unambiguous condemnation of Putin’s Russia,” he added. “If we don’t defend Ukraine, we don’t even defend ourselves, border issues cannot be resolved by bringing death and strength. We need a united and unambiguous response, ”said the secretary of the Pd Enrico Letta, interviewed at the Gr1.
Salvini: “Lega condemns any military aggression”
«The League strongly condemns any military aggression, the hope is an immediate stop to violence. Support for Draghi for a joint response from the allies, ”said the leader of the League Matteo Salvini. «I hope that politics will not be divided in these hours, full mandate to President Draghi to act accordingly with the allies for any intervention deemed necessary. It is necessary to intervene to stop the war, you have to be seated at the same table and row in the same direction ”, said the secretary of the League, Matteo Salvini, to the microphones of Radio Libertà. “The condemnation of what we have seen in Ukraine is firm and total, without ifs without buts and without doubts,” he added to the Chamber during the presentation conference of the third age policy department of the League. “Prime Minister Draghi from our point of view has mandated to carry out any type of initiative capable of blocking an unthinkable and unacceptable war,” he concluded.
Melons: “Russia attack unacceptable, West supports Kiev”
«Unacceptable large-scale war attack by Putin’s Russia on Ukraine. Europe falls back into a past that we hoped not to relive again. It is the time of field choices. May the West and the international community be united in putting in place every useful measure in support of Kiev and respect for international law “, wrote the president of Fratelli d’Italia on Facebook, Giorgia Meloni. “We cannot pretend that nothing has happened: I believe it is necessary to ask for a suspension of the Chamber in order to bring together the group leaders to organize the work of today and tomorrow,” said the Fdi group leader Francesco Lollobrigida in the Chamber of the vote of confidence on the dl vaccines, asking that in the Ukraine affair «the whole Parliament is involved and not just the majority. Draghi comes to Parliament where he receives an address following his communications “, he concluded, expressing the willingness of his group to limit interventions on the decree to leave room for the premier to intervene.
Conte: “The condemnation for a Russian attack is firm, now a common EU response”
«Firm condemnation for the Russian attack which precipitates the situation and drives away any diplomatic solution. We trust in a common European response and in the contribution that Italy can make. My thoughts go out to the civilian population, for which I am deeply concerned, ”the M5S leader wrote on Twitter Giuseppe Conte. “This is not the time for internal divisions, an international crisis of this magnitude is an important test bed for politics.” According to M5S sources, this is the invitation that Conte made by telephone to Letta, Roberto Speranza, Matteo Salvini, Antonio Tajani and Giorgia Meloni. “The forces of Parliament must unite and think about how to support the government’s action in Europe. This is not the time for controversy ».
Renzi: “Italy is alongside the EU and the US in the name of freedom”
«The Russian attack in Ukraine is unacceptable. A thought to the victims of this absurd war and to the families who are mourning their loved ones. Italy is always at the side of Europe and the United States in the name of freedom and values », the leader of Italia Viva, Matteo Renzi, wrote on Facebook.
Toti: “Unacceptable violence, the united West has a duty to intervene”
“We woke up with images that no one would have wanted to see. With great concern we listen to the news coming from Ukraine and strongly condemn the Russian military aggression. Violence and destruction cannot be acceptable. The united West has a duty to intervene firmly in the face of this attack on democracy, on all of us. We will support Prime Minister Draghi and the Italian Government in every decision it takes with the allies to restore peace, ”wrote the governor of Liguria and co-founder of Coraggio Italia Giovanni Toti on his Facebook page.
Bank of Italy, we monitor the situation, ready for sanctions
The Bank of Italy, together with the ECB “is closely monitoring the implications of the situation in Ukraine” and “will implement the sanctions decided by the EU and European governments”. This is what sources of Via Nazionale say, recalling how the Eurosystem banks will conduct “an overall assessment of the economic forecasts at the March meeting, which will also take into account recent geopolitical developments”.
Confindustria Est Europa, we do not leave companies alone, active help desk
“There is more and more concern about the Russia-Ukraine crisis and in this situation Confindustria Est Europa remains at the side of Italian companies in Ukraine and does not leave our entrepreneurs alone in such a difficult moment”, said Maria Luisa Meroni, president of Confindustria Est Europa, on the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Meroni recalled that the Emergency desk Ukraine is active. “To give concrete support to companies – she explains to LaPresse – the Emergency Desk Ukraine is operational, a branch activated by Confindustria Ukraine”, with the Italian embassy in Kiev, under the umbrella of Confindustria to provide assistance to Italian companies present in Ukraine.
Sala, Gergiev condemns or stops Scala collaboration
“We have at La Scala” The Queen of Spades “directed by Maestro Valery Gergiev who has repeatedly declared his closeness to Putin, with the superintendent of the theater we are asking him to take a precise position against this invasion and if he did not we would be forced to renounce collaboration “. This was stated by the mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, commenting on what is happening in Ukraine during a confrontation with the former candidate for mayor of the center-right in Milan and city councilor, Luca Bernardo. “Faced with these situations, we must intervene,” he said.
Gualtieri, anguish for the war scenario, tomorrow torchlight procession for peace
«I can only reiterate the anguish for this war scenario, I reiterate the condemnation of the Russian aggression and solidarity for the Ukrainian people. We are about to call for a torchlight procession for peace tomorrow ». The mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri said this in his reply during the extraordinary council on the tourism crisis in Rome.
Gabrielli informed Copasir about attack impacts
Copasir President Adolfo Urso announced that an extraordinary meeting was held, during which the Delegated Security Authority of the Republic, Prefect Franco Gabrielli, was heard about the Russian military attack on Ukrainian territory. “The undersecretary – he explained – promptly updated the Committee on the meeting of the Interministerial Committee for the security of the Republic and on the intentions of the government to deal with the very serious situation”.
Ukrainian association in Italy: “A madman is killing my brothers”
«What we feared has happened, even if until the end we hoped that common sense would prevail. But an unleashed madman who no longer thinks is killing my brothers “, he told LaPresse Oles Horodetskyycoordinator of the Ukrainian Community in Italy.
The former Chief of Staff Camporini: Italy prepare for hardships
“We have to prepare ourselves for hardships, it will take time to get back on track”. This is the scenario that awaits Italy in the light of Russia’s attack on Ukraine according to the former Chief of Staff of Defense and the Air Force Vincenzo Camporini.