Italy’s Meloni Asks EU for Budget Flexibility Over Energy Costs

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni asked the European Commission to extend greater latitude within European Union budget rules to measures aimed at tackling rising energy costs.

Italy’s government is seeking to include investments and extraordinary measures to address the energy crisis in the so-called national safeguard clause, according to a letter Meloni sent to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and seen by Bloomberg.