In a brief report on economic and political current affairs, Mario Draghi said he was pleased with the increase in energy storage in his country.
The Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi took part tonight in a dinner in his honor hosted by the country’s Foreign Correspondents’ Association. The technocrat prime minister was clearly more “relaxed” than is usually the case in his public appearances and joked with reporters.
He even wanted to say one more thing “scorching” joke, with which he mocked himself. “Super Mario,” at the beginning of his short speech, stated: “A patient is waiting to undergo a heart transplant. The doctors tell him: “we have two hearts. One belonged to a 25-year-old, who was in excellent health, while the second belonged to an 86-year-old central banker. Which one do you want?” “The second, the banker’s,” answers the patient. And when the doctors ask him, surprised, the reason for his choice, he replies: “Of course, because this heart… has never been used!”
In the same spirit, addressing the foreign correspondents working in the country, the Prime Minister of Italy and former President of the European Central Bank, added: “You are in love with Italy, therefore very demanding. Keep it up, sipping cappuccinos in the sun and aperitivos in Italian squares. Being a correspondent in Italy – I understand – is a tough job, but someone’s got to do it!”
In a brief report on the economic and political current affairs, Mario Draghi stated that he was satisfied with the increase in energy storage in his country, underlining that the energy dependence on Russia decreased within a year from 45% to 25% of all imports ».
“We defend the free press, because in this way, we defend our democracy. It is a fundamental right, which has helped us in the most difficult moments of our history”, Mario Draghi finally said, addressing the foreign journalists working in Italy.
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