Still sparks between Italy and France on the issue of migrants , after the tensions that took place in the first weeks of the Meloni government.
Marking the distance - while the Internal Affairs Council is underway in Brussels with a chapter expressly reserved for the delicate reform of the Dublin treaty - is Paris, on the eve of the Alicante summit which brings the nine Mediterranean EU countries to the table .
"We have not yet seen any changes in the position of the Italian authorities on the application of flag State law", notes a source of the French presidency referring to one of the most delicate, and still open, chapters being discussed within the EU for arrive at the reform of the rules governing entry into Europe . That is, compliance with the current rules on registrations in the countries of first landing and therefore the reduction of secondary movements of migrants.
Meanwhile, Palazzo Chigi denies that any "official invitation" has arrived from Emmanuel Macron's secretariat for a meeting with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, contrary to what is claimed by the Elysée, which says it is awaiting "proposals" on travel dates in Paris, in order to defuse tensions on the case of the Ocean Viking.
"Let's imagine that certain invitations are not made in the press," Italian government sources specify. Nor, for now, are there any meetings on the sidelines of the Alicante summit, where the table will be much smaller than that of the European Council (scheduled for next Thursday).
Meanwhile, a certain fact is being celebrated in Brussels: Croatia's entry into Schengen , the European ecosystem that allows travel without borders, after the green light from the Council. Schengen should have grown by three members, with the arrival of Romania and Bulgaria as well, thus completing the blustellate "belt", joining the Greek borders. But no: the veto of Austria (and the Netherlands) has left Bucharest and Sofia out again , despite the fact that the two countries now have the necessary requisites for the EU executive.
