According to newspaper reports La Repubblica and La stampathe Italy is to increase the total number of members of its armed forces by 40,000 men and womenduring the next five to eight years. The same newspapers say that, in this way, the Human Resources of the Italian Army, Navy and Air Force of the country will reach 135,000 points.

In this way, in essence, the military personnel of the Italian Armed Forces is going to increase by a third “to be able to fill the gap created by the decisions of the latest Italian governments,” as La Repubblica writes.

Commenting on these reports, Italian Defense Minister Guindo Crozeto emphasized that “the staff of the Armed Forces is defined by a relevant law”. “I have no problem saying that the relevant model is inadequate and needs to change. It is something that will happen to parliament, but with a measure that I think should be much wider than a mere increase in staff, a measure that addresses all issues related to the country’s security and defense, “the Minister of Defense of the Melonian government wrote to X.