He highlights the tranquility that Tajani brings to the Government of Meloni and insists on distancing himself from the policies of Liz Truss
MADRID, 25 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has conveyed to foreign correspondents the PP’s vision of the economic situation and the recipes proposed by his party to overcome the crisis, making it clear that his fiscal policy has nothing to do with that of the former British Prime Minister Liz Truss.
They have also discussed the new Italian government led by Giorgia Meloni or the alliance policy of the Popular Party, where he has made it clear that he does not want a government “at any price” conditioned by Vox, sources present at the meeting have informed Europa Press. meeting.
Feijóo held a meeting for almost two hours at the PP headquarters with the Circle of Foreign Correspondents –at the request of this association–, where he answered more than twenty questions from media journalists from different countries .
At the meeting – which ‘Genoa’ describe as “useful” and “fruitful” – several collaborators of the leader of the ‘popular’ and the deputy secretary of Institutional and MEP of the PP, Esteban González Pons, were also present.
“Meeting with foreign correspondents in which I have conveyed to them our vision of the economic situation and our solutions to overcome this crisis,” Feijóo himself wrote in a message on his official Twitter account.
After an initial speech by the head of the opposition to the correspondents, he answered their questions on various topics: the PP’s fiscal policy; the new green corridor between Marseille and Barcelona (BarMar) in front of the MidCat; the Government of Meloni in Italy, the alliance policy of the PP or international relations with Latin America, among other issues.
In line with his public statements this Monday after participating in an event on young people in Madrid, Feijóo has once again distanced himself from the fiscal policies of Liz Truss and has made it clear that what the PP is proposing has nothing to do with it.
As he explained, his formation advocates a “temporary” tax reduction of personal income tax for the middle and lower classes to face high inflation and a reduction of VAT on basic products in the shopping basket, according to Europa Press sources consulted.
The meeting also discussed Meloni’s new government and Feijóo acknowledged to foreign journalists that the fact that Antonio Tajani has been appointed new Minister of Foreign Affairs brings “tranquility”, given that he was president of the European Parliament and has a long European trajectory.
In addition, from the PP they have highlighted that in the first steps that the Italian Government of Meloni is taking, “a break with Europeanism” is not perceived, something that contrasts with his messages from the opposition and in the electoral campaign.
To questions from journalists, Feijóo has also spoken about his policy of alliances, making it clear that the PP is a center-right, constitutionalist party that defends the State of Autonomies. In addition, he has recalled his traceability these years, after having reached the Government of the Xunta de Galicia on four occasions with an absolute majority.
Feijóo has highlighted to correspondents that he aspires to a government alone and that he has the right to make a minority government without Vox. “I want a government but not at any price,” he said, according to sources present at the meeting.
During the meeting they also discussed the ‘BarMar’, the new green corridor between Spain and France that will connect Barcelona with Marseille and that has left behind the MidCat gas pipeline. The leader of the ‘popular’ has insinuated that this new project slows down the deadlines and that in the end what France and Emmanuel Macron wanted has happened, according to the sources consulted.
