La France attack againItaly on the topic migrants. The clash between the two countries was incited by interior minister Gerald Darmanin in a radio interview released this morning who accused the government led by Giorgia Meloni of being "incapable of dealing with the problem". Harsh words against the migration policy of the Italian government, which, moreover, today, Thursday 4 May, will see the Chamber definitively approve the Cutro decree. But it is not the first time that the transalpine minister has accused our country. Already at November, in the case of the Ocean Viking, had defined Italy as an "enemy" country and no one, within the EU, had ever gone so far towards an alliance country. In reality, the most attentive French observers point out that Darmanin's move is just a clumsy move to divert attention from the tensions between Macron and a part of the population on pension reform.
“Meloni is like Le Pen, he says 'you will see this, you will see that' and what we see is that Italy is experiencing a serious migration crisis. There is a vice in the extreme right, which is to lie to the population”. Thus Darmanin accused Italy of being the cause of migratory difficulties in the South of France.
The situation is extremely delicate above all because the Italian-French border is very sensitive to the migration crisis.
Skip Tajani's trip: "Unacceptable words"
Rome's response was not long in coming: Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani will not go to Paris. The head of the Farnesina had a long-awaited bilateral agreement with his French colleague Catherine Colonna on his agenda. But the Italian minister wrote in a tweet that “the offenses against Italy and the government pronounced by Darmanin are unacceptable. This is not the spirit with which common European challenges should be faced”. Which is why he won't be traveling to Paris.
France corrects the shot: "We want to work with Italy on migrants"
Soon France ran for cover. "The French government hopes to work with Italy to face the common challenge represented by the rapid growth of migratory flows", said the Quai d'Orsay, intervening on the allegations against Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The French ministry also stated that the bilateral relationship between the two countries is "based on mutual respect". It will be enough to bring the diplomatic crisis?
