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In response to the polemical remarks of the French Minister of the Interior, accusing Giorgia Meloni of being “incapable of solving the migratory problems” of her country, the Italian government canceled the visit of its head of diplomacy to Paris. In the Italian press, criticism fuse vis-à-vis France.
The situation is more than held between France and Italy after Gérald Darmanin’s remarks on Giorgia Meloni’s “inability” in terms of managing migratory problems. A statement that does not pass with our Alpine neighbors, who canceled the visit of the head of Italian diplomacy in Paris. As for the Italian newspapers, their titles are no less virulent than the declaration of the French Minister of the Interior. The Messenger headlines his newspaper an “Italy-France Confrontation”, while the newspaper Domani wrote “Meloni incapable”.
“Kicks in the buttocks to migrants”
As for the daily La Repubblica, the diplomatic crisis represents “a war” and does not fail to evoke the 20,000 to 22,000 migrants turned back each year by France at the Ventimiglia border post. A border to which the journalist and Italian television star Bruno Vespa referred this Thursday evening, in his daily talk show. “A country that kicks migrants in the butt dares to attack Italy. I am speechless. Is this an invitation to imitate them? What should we do?” he indignant on the Rai 1 channel.
For the newspaper Corriere della Sera, who replied that “nothing” should be done, this is part of France’s internal policy. The attack against Italy actually serves to repel and delegitimize Marine Le Pen, analyzes the daily. This is what the comparison between Le Pen and Meloni is for, who will never be a friend of Macron, as the daily La Stampa finally affirms.