Premier Giorgia Meloni visited the
Quirinale presidential palace in Rome on Wednesday for a
reserved meeting with head of State Sergio Mattarella, sources
at the Quirinale told ANSA on Thursday.
The meeting was "cordial and cooperative" the sources said.
Mattarella and Meloni had an hour-long lunchtime meeting,
Palazzo Chigi sources explained on Thursday.
The lunch was unconnected to tensions between members of the
ruling coalition in the Senate on Wednesday over cutting the
license fee for State broadcaster Rai and an amendment
concerning healthcare in Calabria, according to the sources.
The talks had already been planned last week, including to
discuss the earlier mission of the Head of State to China and
the premier's participation in a G20 summit in Brazil, the
sources said.
Meloni went to the Quirinale Palace after attending the
Mediterranean Dialogues conference in Rome.
Mattarella and Meloni have previously met after important trips
abroad, the same sources said, however previous meetings at the
Quirinale had remained confidential.
The themes discussed at the meeting included, among other
issues, the budget law, and the imminent departure of the
hitherto minister for European affairs Raffaele Fitto who will
become an executive vice president with the brief for cohesion
and the NRRP of the European Commission, the sources noted.
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