Premier Giorgia Meloni told industry association Confindustria's assembly in Rome on Wednesday that she will try to "correct" the EU Green Deal because it is too damaging to European business as it is.
Earlier on Wednesday Confindustria President Emanuele Orsini said the Green Deal was riddled with mistakes that were putting European industry in danger, saying "decarbonization at the price of deindustrialization is a debacle".
Meloni said she agreed with Orsini.
"I thank him for being very clear about this, about the disastrous results stemming from the ideological approach of the European Green Deal," she said.
Meloni said she confirmed the government's "commitment to correct these choices.
"Do we want to say that it is not very intelligent as a strategy? We say it because we are friends of Europe and want to defend Europe's industrial capacity.
"People who are friends of Europe must have the courage to say what isn't working".
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