Only time will reveal the outcome of
the recent telephone conversation with Premier Giorgia Meloni on
the conflict in the Middle East, but in the meantime the Lower
House has approved a motion presented by the centre-left
opposition Democratic Party (Pd) calling for an immediate
humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, Pd secretary Elly Schlein said
on Tuesday.
"We are not interested in domestic derbies but in contributing
as Italy to the end of this conflict and to a stronger
initiative of the European Union to reach a peace conference and
a political solution," said Schlein.
"For us, the first step is this ceasefire that we have been
calling for for months," she continued.
Schlien said she had asked Meloni for "a much stronger and more
incisive diplomatic and political initiative by the Italian
government, in line with Italian diplomatic tradition".
"We are certainly happy that the abstention did not prevent this
crucial point from being passed. I find it positive that today
there has been this step forward by the Lower House," she added.
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