Finance Minister Giorgetti who defended the Senate approved 2025 budget. He has slammed EU budget rules as stupid and seseless. Budget bill for 2026 has amendments

Italy wins EU backing to extend national safeguard clause to energy

Giorgetti hails “unthinkable” breakthrough. The European Commission has accepted Italy’s request to expand the national safeguard clause in the Stability and Growth Pact beyond defence spending to cover energy resilience measures. This follows weeks of intensive negotiations driven by the price shock triggered by the war in Iran.

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