Will Copasir cook Salvini ?, flop strike at school ?, Giavazzi a neo-director?
Salvini, Russia, gas, sanctions, Giavazzi and more. Bits of press review in the tweets of Michele Arnese, director of Startmag
THE POINT ON EUROPEAN SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA
"Oil, the EU finds an agreement: stop at 90% of Russian crude oil. The exemption of the Gruzhba pipeline allows to overcome the resistance of Orbán. It will start in January with the blockade of two thirds of imports by ship. Germany and Poland renounce ground supplies ". (Rep)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) May 31, 2022
THE PUTINATE OF SALVINI
Amazement of the Farnesina, Palazzo Chigi and Quirinale for the peace plan that Salvini would like to bring to Moscow. Copasir evaluates the opening of a dossier with Antonio Capuano at the center, Salvini's diplomatic consultant who moved with the Russian embassy. (Corsera)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) May 31, 2022
"Shortly after the invasion, the Northern League and his consultant saw in great secrecy Sergej Razov, the diplomat who threatened Italy. Palazzo Chigi:" We know nothing, it would be serious ". Concern in the Vatican". (Daily tomorrow)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) May 31, 2022
"Salvini's secret negotiation with the Russian embassy is a matter of national security." (Stefano Feltri, Daily Tomorrow)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) May 31, 2022
THE MILITARY POINT
Ukraine. "NATO has shipped tons of war material. The next one is more difficult: the management of the material, the training in its use, any technical problems, the preparation of the soldiers". (Corriere della Sera)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) May 30, 2022
SCHOOL STRIKE
School. "Cgil, Cisl, Uil, Snals, Gilda and Anief – the major trade unions in the sector – have proclaimed a day of general strike which – according to initial data – would have led to a membership of around 12%". (Sun 24 hours)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) May 31, 2022
THE ROOF AT THE PRICE OF GAS SEEN BY DESCALZI AND SCARONI
"The price cap on gas has yet to be written, the post-war reconstruction bonds held back by Germany, which does not want to put its national budget as a guarantee for the continental debt". (Republic)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) May 31, 2022
A cap on the price of gas? «If well studied and designed it could help. Of course, it should be a temporary measure ». However, the efforts made "will allow us to replace Russian gas in the winter of 2024-2025". (Claudio Descalzi, CEO of Eni)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) May 31, 2022
Paolo Scaroni at La Verità on the roof at the price of gas pic.twitter.com/IZSnsgqwbF
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) May 30, 2022
The only idea that the free-market turbo Giavazzi – for decades a fierce opponent of dirigisme in economics – is concocting the technical aspects of the plan for a roof at the price of gas makes me sick.
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) May 30, 2022
UKRAINE ASKS FOR MORE SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA
Sanctions against Russia. "We ask that he come
the foreign shipping industry has been hit and that exports of gas, iron and nuclear energy to Europe are blocked by sanctions ". (Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Minister of Ukraine)– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) May 31, 2022
AFGHAN POSTCARDS
Afghanistan. "The Chinese have appropriated, acting with prudent silence, a part of the former American base of Bagram where they conduct training courses for the Taliban units called to oppose Isis". (Stefano Pontecorvo)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) May 30, 2022
"Al Qaeda can count on one of its representatives as minister of a government in power in a state. This is Sirajuddin Haqqani, interior minister of the Afghan Islamic emirate, head of the homonymous group that is part of the Taliban". (Stefano Pontecorvo)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) May 30, 2022
QUISQULIE & PINZILLACCHERE
"Ukraine has been committing some communication errors in recent days, crediting for example a Russian campaign of rape which I do not believe in". (Lorenzo Cremonesi, Corriere della sera, in L'aria che tira)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) May 27, 2022
“Geopolitics is not political, and it must not become. He must understand the reasons and motivations of all the contenders ". (Lucio Caracciolo)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) May 27, 2022
De Mita? "The last representative of a political elite not formed by co-optation or by improvised movements or as the mechanical product of initiatives of other powers". (Massimo Cacciari)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) May 27, 2022
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EXTRACT FROM A REPUBLIC ARTICLE ON THE EUROPEAN SUMMIT AND THE SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA:
Eventually Europe heaves a sigh of relief. In the middle of the night, the leaders of the European Council agree to an embargo on Russian oil. Meeting the requests of Hungary and the Czech Republic, only the import of crude oil by ship is blocked, but not through the “ Druzhba ” oil pipeline. In essence, within a few months, probably from next January, at least two thirds of Putin's "black gold" will be blocked and then the percentage will grow to 90 percent. A few meters from the abyss, therefore, the EU is able to pull the handbrake. And it does so after the Ukrainian President Zelenski, on videoconference, once again curried the allies: "Be quick with these sanctions and stay united". In the latest version of the sixth package many of the requests of the Hungarian Orbán are accepted. The veto until yesterday had been planted by him. Budapest is at least two-thirds dependent on Russian oil. The EU will therefore block crude oil transported by ship but not that flowing into the Druzhba pipeline. In fact, 90 percent of this fuel is exported to Europe by sea. And only the remaining 10 percent with that single pipeline. Which, however, serves 65 percent of Hungary's needs. At the same time, Germany and Poland undertake not to use the Russian “tube” which ends right in German territory. It would be a substantial competitive advantage if not. The deal, however, remained hanging by a thread until late into the night. In the first place, again due to the Hungarian premier. He wanted more reassurance. Be sure that the energy supply will be guaranteed. Orbán has two fears: that Moscow, with the approval of the sixth sanction package, may unilaterally decide to interrupt supplies. And then that Kiev may, voluntarily or involuntarily, hit the oil pipeline which, before entering Hungary, crosses almost all of Ukraine. A very heavy suspicion but that the Hungarian government justifies with the fact that there is a war in Ukraine and an accident is not a remote possibility. Basically Budapest wants to know what would happen in these cases. Where and from whom it would get supplies. If the allies – not only the European ones but also the US – will undertake to protect the same amount of oil. A message, in fact, aimed more towards Washington than towards Brussels.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/economia/il-copasir-cucinera-salvini-sciopero-flop-a-scuola-giavazzi-neo-dirigista/ on Tue, 31 May 2022 08:54:28 +0000.