Averted risk for Italy of penalization for red meats, cured meats and wine in the promotion funding programs. Together with 9 other EU members including France and Spain, our country voted against the proposed 2023 Annual Work Program for the promotion of agricultural and food products put forward by the European Commission. The program, which for 2023 is worth approximately 186 million euros, establishes the selection criteria for access to EU funds for promotion, and wanted to penalize products such as meat, wine and spirits in general as they are judged unhealthy.