«I confess that I find some Italian readings a bit provincial. The theme is not the "frost" with Macron, the theme is that Italy is a nation central enough in the EU to have to say when it disagrees on something with respect to the past in which it was enough for us to be in a photo and this was enough to describe our centrality».
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said this at a press conference in Brussels, answering a question about the friction with the French president , accused of having "snubbed" Italy by inviting the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to Paris, together with only the German chancellor Olaf Scholz , to on the eve of the visit of the leader of Kiev to Brussels for the European Council.
«It's not easy for any of us to manage the Ukraine issue with public opinion - the premier continued speaking to the press - and what we do we do because it's right but perhaps it's not the best thing in terms of consensus. What was right was the photo of the 27 with Zelensky, while anticipating unity with a meeting in Paris was politically wrong".
Matteo Salvini also spoke about the Macron case. "I heard Giorgia yesterday and I must say that a certain arrogance on the part of Macron is incomprehensible", commented the leader of the League.
«At a time when there is war, there is the cost of raw materials, the Chinese send spy balloons around the world, does Macron think he can do it alone? I don't think it will go far, I don't think it is a manifestation of Europeanism, solidarity and political acumen," added Salvini.
(Unioneonline/lf)
