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PRESIDENZA UE, SUL PATTO È ORA DI ARRIVARE                                              EU IN TOUCH WITH MELONI ON

                                   AI COMPROMESSI                                                 LAMPEDUSA, READY TO HELP

                                                                                                                                     "We support Italy on an
                                                                                                    (Continued from page 4)   operational and financial level.
            (continua dalla pagina 4)                                                                                        And we are ready to support
        economiche e avremo anche uno                                                           spokeswoman Anitta Hipper in   Italy," said Hipper.
        scambio informale sulla riforma                                                         Brussels.                            On Wednesday 2,154
        in corso delle regole fiscali a                                                                "On Lampedusa, EU     migrants and refugees landed on
        livello europeo”, ha spiegato la                                                        Commission President Ursula   Lampedusa, further adding to the
        vicepresidente spagnola.                                                                von der Leyen is in contact with   pressure caused by an unprec-
               “Intendo condividere                                                             Premier Giorgia Meloni and this   edented number of arrivals the
        con i miei colleghi dell’Ue lo sta-                                                     morning Home Affairs Commis-  previous day.
        to di avanzamento della riforma                                                         sioner Ylva Johansson spoke to          Consequently there were
        in corso delle regole fiscali. Ab-                                                      (Interior) Minister Piantedosi to   nearly 7,000 people in the migrant
        biamo già trattato il 70% del testo                                                     assess the situation and see how   hotspot, although 3,750 people
        nel nostro lavoro tecnico, che è                                                        the EU can provide aid," she   were due to be transferred off the
        andato avanti per tutta l’estate                                                        continued.                   island during the day.
        con uno o anche due incontri a
        settimana. E ora è giunto il mo-                                                                  ITALIAN PM GEORGIA
        mento di iniziare a lavorare per un
        compromesso”. “Dovrà trovare                                                              MELONIVVISITED NYC’S FAMED
        necessariamente il giusto equi-
        librio tra la necessità di perseguire   incentivi strutturali”.  accordo entro la fine dell’anno, in   COLUMBUS CIRCLE PLACING A
        percorsi sostenibili di riduzione          “Intendo proporre ai   modo che le nuove regole fiscali   WREATH HONORING COLUMBUS
        del debito garantendo al tempo   miei colleghi ministri un cal-  adatte allo scopo entrino in vigore
        stesso lo spazio fiscale necessario   endario molto ambizioso che   a partire da gennaio 2024”, ha                   the day of a council hearing on
        per gli investimenti necessari e gli   ci consenta di concludere un   sottolineato Calvino.    (Continued from page 2)  a series of bills, including one
                                                                                                ers on the statue located at the   that could allow the city Public
         LUFTHANSA, PUNTIAMO A OK UE TEMPESTIVO                                                 center of Columbus Circle, one   Design Commission to remove
                                                                                                                             monuments of historical figures
                                 ALL'INTESA CON ITA                                             of the most famous in the US   such as Washington, Jefferson
                                                                                                depicting Christopher Columbus,”
                                                                                                                             and Peter Stuyvesant, who were
                                                                   nostro dialogo costruttivo verso   said a statement from the office of   slaveholders, and Columbus, who
                                                                                                Meloni, who is in the city for the
                                                                   un via libera tempestivo".   United Nations’ annual General   has been criticized for abusing
                                                                          Lo riferisce all'ANSA un   Assembly.               indigenous peoples during his
                                                                   portavoce di Lufthansa.             “Through this impor-  discoveries of the New World.
                                                                          "Sarebbe assurdo e    tant reaffirmation of identity, the      “Meloni showed the
                                                                   incomprensibile" che dalla Ue ci   President celebrated a symbol of   Italian-Americans that we have
                                                                   fosserro "freni" alla fusione tra   the cultural and moral history of   her support and the support of the
                                                                   Ita e Lufthansa. Lo ha detto il   the American people.”   Italian people — we’re not forgot-
                                                                   ministro del Made in Italy, Adolfo   The Italian leader stood by the   ten,” said Joseph Scelsa, president
                                                                   Urso, per il quale "l'Ue "dovrebbe   statue for a moment of silence   of the Italian-American Museum,
                                                                   dare un giudizio non solo posi-  to honor Columbus ahead of the   who attended the wreath-laying
                                                                   tivo, ma lodevole".          US’s Oct. 12 holiday in honor of   event.
                                                                          "L'Europa - ricorda - ha   him.                            Still, even with the bill,
                                                                   chiesto a tutti i governi che ci      Actor Chazz Palminteri,   it would be difficult to take down
                                                                   hanno preceduto di risolvere la   an Italian-American activist and   the monument honoring Colum-
                                                                   questione ex Alitalia attraverso   defender of Columbus’s legacy,   bus in Columbus Circle.
                                                                   una privatizzazione. Gli altri gov-  said Meloni’s presence speaks      The National Park
                                                                   erni non hanno saputo affrontare   volumes. He went on to say,   Service in 2018 added the
                                                                   la questione, e noi la risolviamo   “The prime minister is making a   129-year-old, 76-foot statue near
                                                                   con una procedura che prevede   statement: We’re not getting rid   Central Park to its list of protected
                                                                   che una compagnia straniera   of Columbus! That holiday is our   landmarks.
               Siamo in una fase     Ita "alla Commissione europea   ne acquisisca una parte, segu-  day. Canceling Columbus is not      Her visit came on the
        avanzata del processo di notifica   e alle altre autorità competenti e   endo perfettamente l'impulso che   going to happen,”  day of a council hearing on a
        formale della transazione" con   non vediamo l'ora di continuare il   l'Europa ha dato per anni".     “I say to the prime   series of bills including one that’ll
                                                                                                minister, `Thank you for showing   allow the Public Design Commis-
                                                                                                up. Thank you for backing Italian-  sion to remove statues of Colum-
                                                                                                Americans.’ “                      (Continued on page 6)
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