{"id":1425356,"date":"2022-04-08T09:45:39","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T13:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1425356"},"modified":"2022-04-08T09:45:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T13:45:45","slug":"peace-or-air-conditioners-italian-pm-tells-people-to-cut-energy-use-to-help-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/peace-or-air-conditioners-italian-pm-tells-people-to-cut-energy-use-to-help-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Peace or Air Conditioners&#039; \u2013 Italian PM Tells People to Cut Energy Use to Help Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpeace-or-air-conditioners-italian-pm-tells-people-to-cut-energy-use-to-help-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1425356&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Italy\u2019s Prime Minister Mario Draghi has drawn ridicule for saying that Italians can either choose peace in Ukraine or use their air conditioners over the summer.<\/p>\n<p>At a press conference in Rome following a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Prime Minister Draghi said that he believed an embargo on Russian gas by the European Union was unlikely, but that Italy would \u201cfollow the decisions of the European Union.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>However, the former European Central Bank boss called on his countrymen to pitch in by limiting their energy usage to keep the price of natural gas lower, thereby keeping Russia\u2019s profits down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo we want to have peace [in Ukraine] or do we want to have the air conditioning on?\u201d the Italian leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ansa.it\/english\/news\/politics\/2022\/04\/07\/do-you-want-air-conditioning-or-peace-asks-draghi_0121bf79-3ee5-4942-8e9f-f917dedece0a.html\">questioned<\/a> in comments reported on Thursday by the ANSA press agency.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Draghi attempted to reassure the public by claiming that Italy \u2014 heavily dependent on Russian gas imports \u2014 has enough gas reserves to last until October even if Moscow shut off the supply.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>There has been discussion from some, including the Mayor of Rome, about the possibility of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/03\/26\/italy-may-have-to-ration-gas-due-to-russia-sanctions-war\/\">gas rationing<\/a> over the summer, however.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">Wow <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tlOIt29u5q\">https:\/\/t.co\/tlOIt29u5q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1510364320915406860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/it-it\/notizie\/politica\/basta-aggrapparsi-solo-ai-cittadini-ora-tocca-al-governo-decidere\/ar-AAVZlLe\">editorial<\/a> in the Milan-based conservative newspaper <em>Il Giornale<\/em>, deputy editor Francesco Maria Del Vigo said that the comments from Draghi have \u201crightly\u201d sparked widespread ridicule and memes in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>In one popular post, a woman posted a video of an air conditioner being turned on causing the Russian national anthem to play:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"pt\" dir=\"ltr\">Morta \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gz7QJhpWaB\">pic.twitter.com\/Gz7QJhpWaB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sabrina F. (@itsmeback_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsmeback_\/status\/1512081490862956563?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Del Vigo said that it was justified to criticise Draghi\u2019s comments \u201cnot because the problem is not serious, but because the question is misplaced: If Italy has an energy dependence problem it is certainly not the fault of Italians and they cannot solve it on their own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said that it is both comical and nerve-wracking that a government which \u201cnever considers the individuality of its citizens\u201d only realises the importance of the individual \u201cin the face of a war\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA continent dramatically without an army, now wants to delude itself into militarising the most banal daily gestures,\u201d Del Vigo wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Draghi is not alone in the EU in calling for citizens to curtail their lives. Last week, for example, European Commission Vice President Margrethe Vestager called on people to take shorter showers, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/take-that-putin-europe-looks-to-wean-itself-quickly-from-russian-energy-090053460.html\">saying<\/a>: \u201cWhen you turn off the water, say \u2018Take that, Putin!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In March, the International Energy Agency also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/03\/04\/turn-down-thermostats-to-fight-the-ruskies-europeans-told\/\">said<\/a> that Europeans should turn down their thermostats in order to decrease reliance on Russian gas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Speculation of Rationing As German Minister Prepares Emergency Measures Over Gas Supply<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DiCks6vFC8\">https:\/\/t.co\/DiCks6vFC8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1509274269372588042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italy\u2019s Prime Minister Mario Draghi has drawn ridicule for saying that Italians can either choose peace in Ukraine or use their air conditioners over the summer. 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