Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni "spent the weekend in New York privately with her daughter Ginevra, whose birthday is in a few days. The trip was a birthday present for her daughter. Both flew on scheduled flights there and back, as Prime Minister Meloni has never used state flights for private reasons ."
Palazzo Chigi issued an official statement responding to a parliamentary question filed by Senator Enrico Borghi, vice president of Italia Viva, who asked for an account of the Prime Minister's actions in the last few days. "Does the Prime Minister," Borghi wrote, "intend to clarify the reasons why she did not attend any of the events that took place over the weekend from Friday, September 6th to Sunday, September 8th? Does she intend to clarify whether or not she participated in unpublished institutional events, in Italy or abroad, as some journalistic sources have suggested, in New York on a state flight or in Puglia?" "Press outlets," Borghi stated, "report that over the past weekend, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni did not make any public appearances, except for congratulating her on social media for winning the Women's Volleyball World Cup, despite the fact that several events of utmost importance for our country were held there, such as the Cernobbio Forum, the Formula One Grand Prix in Monza, and the funeral chapel of Mr. Giorgio Armani. Indeed, one cannot help but express a certain astonishment at the fact that the Prime Minister did not participate in any of the important events mentioned above, for which her institutional and representative presence was undeniably required."
Hence the official clarification regarding Meloni's "private" trip to New York, which also threatens to "take legal action against anyone who spread or insinuated unfounded news about it." "Senator Borghi and those, including those in the press, who raise 'mysteries' about the Prime Minister's two-day public absence," the statement from Palazzo Chigi continues, "should perhaps acknowledge a very simple truth: at least once a year, the president has the right to fulfill her most natural role, that of mother ."
