Referendum, Meloni: "Question on citizenship is nonsense, law should not be changed"

The citizenship question was a "nonsense: only those who live in elegant salons and frequent exclusive clubs" could think so, and "it also denotes a certain provincialism" because many now "live more than 5 years in a country and then move elsewhere, I'm not surprised that even many leftists rejected the question, many more than I imagined". Thus the President of the Council Giorgia Meloni in a video link with the celebration of the 25th anniversary of Libero quotidiano.

The Prime Minister continued: "I continue to think that there is no need to change the law, I am very happy to be on the same line as the vast majority of Italians, we must have the humility to take into account what the vast majority of Italians think".

"Since the beginning of this affair - he adds - I have not understood the sense of presenting referendums to repeal laws made by the left and saying that it was a test for the government: instead it seems to me that it was a referendum on the opposition and the result is quite clear. In the majority nothing changes, we continue with our work".

Meloni, referring to the opposition, states: "We have an opposition that not only declares victory even without having reached the quorum, but that triumphantly proclaims that Meloni was defeated because the number of those who voted yes" in the referendum of June 8 and 9 "is higher than the votes that the center-right collected in the political elections, which is not true".

Speaking about the relationship with the United States and President Donald Trump, the Prime Minister says: "I think Trump is a brave, frank, determined leader who defends his national interests. I consider myself a frank, brave and determined person who defends his national interests. So, I would say that we understand each other well even when we disagree". And on the rift between Elon Musk and the White House tenant she comments: "I saw that Musk apologized for some of his tweets saying that he had gone too far, I think he did the right thing and I saw that President Trump declared himself available for a reconciliation which I think would be good news".