Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attended a dinner hosted in her honor by the Association of Foreign Correspondents of Italy, in a central Rome hotel.

In a relaxed and witty mood, Meloni, when informed that the Association of Foreign Correspondents was preparing to move to a new headquarters, commented: “I don’t know what Berlusconi will think about the Association of Foreign Correspondents of Italy, that ‘communist gang’ like would characterize her, he will soon be moving into his former residence here in the Eternal City. But that’s life, these things happen too.”

Then, referring to the “warm atmosphere” of the evening, he added: “I know you expect a light intervention from the prime minister. I was not light even when I was 15 years old, imagine after 16 months that I am prime minister. You called me the day I lost the regional elections in Sardinia, you called me now that I am fasting for Catholic Lent and I can’t even forget my sadness by drinking a little wine.”

Referring to her character and how she has been presented, in Italy and beyond, Giorgia Meloni said: “People who have met me have changed their judgment, sometimes for the worse, several others for the better. It wasn’t difficult because when you are presented as a monster and an alien and you meet the world, showing them that you have two eyes and not six, the impression that is created is rather positive.”

The Italian Prime Minister “confessed” that “none of her dreams came true” because she wanted to be a singer but she is dissonant, she wanted to play in the national volleyball team but she is short, she wanted to meet Michael Jackson but he died too early. “I didn’t want to be prime minister because I’m too lucid, but I learned English from Michael Jackson and his songs,” he added.

The head of the Italian government also emphasized that “it is characterized by many of the seven deadly sins, but not the most insidious and destructive for politicians, which is vanity.” “I consider myself a good person, but I know that we should never underestimate the evil of a good person who is forced to become a bad person,” Meloni told reporters.

Referring to artificial intelligence and the need to be “governed”, the president of the Brothers of Italy underlined: “We can talk as much as we want about freedom of the press, but we risk the press itself ceasing to exist. And without a press, you can’t even defend freedom. Artificial intelligence is a great opportunity only if we manage to govern it.”

Giorgia Meloni concluded her speech with a witty post and reference to the previous Italian Foreign Correspondents dinner, where the technocratic Prime Minister Mario Draghi was the guest of honor. “You invited me to this dinner and only then did you explain to me that when Draghi came, two days after the dinner his government fell, that you brought him an unprecedented bribe. Know that I will do everything I can to immediately remove myself from the room, so that I can continue to rule, for a little while longer, the Italian nation”, he said characteristically.