The leader of the League, Matteo Salvini, takes the opportunity of the Ambrosetti Forum of Villa d'Este to shoot zero on sanctions anti-Putin but be Giorgia Melons, who even puts his hands in his hair while Salvini speaks, that Antonio Tajani they clearly distance themselves. "Sanctions are a mistake and are bad for Europe" argues Salvini who adds: "I'm not saying to abolish them but we need a European shield". The words of Salvini, who has never hidden his sympathy for Putin, immediately create embarrassment in his center-right partners and a lot of perplexity even among the entrepreneurs who listen to him in the audience in Cernobbio.
MELONI AND TAJANI AGAINST SALVINI ON SANCTIONS: "WE CANNOT GET AWAY FROM THE EUROPEAN ALLIES"
Unlike Salvini, Meloni instead made an Atlanticist speech at Villa d'Este but also pro-Ukraine, pro-sanctions against Putin and pro-weapons in Kiev. "If Italy withdraws from its allies - said the center-right leader - nothing will change for Kiev but for us it will" because it would mean an unsustainable loss of credibility for Italy in the eyes of the world and the West.
On the same line as Meloni and against the skid on Salvini's sanctions, the right arm of Berlusconii, the force supporter Antonio Tajani, former president of the European Parliament: "Sanctions are inevitable". Then, at the Dogliani festival, Tajani added: “The sanctions are fair. Italy is part of the European Union and of the Atlantic Alliance and certainly cannot dissociate itself on values. Let us remember – he concluded – that democracy and freedom are being defended here on the borders of Europe against a dictator”. Who knows what Salvini would have said if he had listened to these words.
SALVINI BREAKS THE LEVELS ON SANCTIONS AND WINS AGAIN AT PUTIN
However, one thing is certain: in an attempt to recover votes and to keep the Five Stars at a distance, which are undermining him closely in terms of electoral consensus, Salvini has now broken the levees and has resumed his pro-Putin and very non-Western posture . How the center-right will manage to mend disagreements on a sensitive matter such as foreign policy should he win the elections remains to be seen.
