'South was Italy's locomotive this year' says Meloni

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 28 - Premier Giorgia Meloni on Saturday said this year the South was Italy's economic engine.
    "This year, the South has been Italy's economic locomotive, contrary to the past years when it was nearly always lagging behind", the prime minister noted in a video message sent for the inauguration of the Fiera di Levante trade fair in the Puglia city of Bari.
    "We wanted to trace a new and clear direction and we intend to follow it by giving companies and citizens of Mezzogiorno the concrete possibility of proving their worth", the premier said.
    (ANSA).