Migrants and NGOs, France: “Melons the big loser”. Tajani: “We are not the ones who have problems with Paris.” Salvini: “Hard punch on landings”

The clash does not subside. On the contrary. Paris is peremptory on migrants. Defines the premier Giorgia Meloni “big loser” and confirms that France will not welcome the 3,000 foreigners currently in Italy. Meanwhile, Berlin also intervenes with a tweet from the German ambassador to Italy who defends the work of the NGOs the day after the joint move of Italy, Cyprus, Malta and Greece: together, the four countries had defined the activity as “outlawed” of the same organizations. Matteo Salvini on Twitter: “We are ready to punch hard on landings.” And Antonio Tajani: “NGOs cannot decide European policy”. Meanwhile, the Minister of the Interior, Matteo Piantedosi: “An ancient brotherhood unites us to France”.

The French refusal on migrants in Italy

“Italy does not maintain its fundamental commitment to the European solidarity mechanism, we will not do what was planned, that is, to welcome 3,000 migrants currently on Italian territory”. Thus the spokesman for the French government, Olivier Véranconfirmed a Bfm-Tv that France will not welcome the 3,000 people who landed in Italy, “of which 500 by the end of the year” as part of the European solidarity mechanism. Italy refused to accept the NGO Ocean Viking ship, which was carrying 234 migrants, in its ports, which was then welcomed in France, in Toulon on Friday. For the French government, this choice by Rome is a rejection of the European agreements on the reception of migrants, and must be sanctioned, writes the TV on its website.

The location of Paris

“Italy – said Véran – does not maintain its fundamental commitment in the European solidarity mechanism, we will not maintain the expected counterpart, namely the reception of 3,000 migrants currently on Italian territory”. According to the spokesman, “Italy is a loser as it normally has a European solidarity mechanism that ensures that a large number of European countries, in particular France and Germany, undertake to reciprocate the welcoming of ships by the Italy, to take foreigners on its territory “. “We had the goal and commitment – added Véran – to recruit a little more than 3,000 people in Italy, of which 500 by the end of the year, we had committed. The mechanisms we had set up allowed us to welcome in the best possible conditions foreigners arrived in Italy “.

Paris: “Melons big loser”

Meloni is “the big loser of this situation”, declared Véran, accusing the prime minister of lack of coherence for not welcoming the Ocean Viking. “France would not be France” if it had not welcomed this boat and therefore “respected international agreements”, he said again underlining that “the humanitarian situation” on board convinced Paris to make “the right choice” and to open the port of Toulon to the NGO. “Italy – he added – is a loser because it normally has a European solidarity mechanism which means that a large number of European countries, in particular France and Germany, commit themselves in exchange for the fact that Italy welcomes the ships boats” to receive part of the migrants who land on Italian territory.

Tajani on Paris and NGOs

“I don’t know what happened with France, I don’t know why the French reacted in this way”, and the confrontation with Paris “seems to me more a problem of internal politics than a problem with us”. Tajani, Minister of Foreign Affairs, says this at half an hour more on Rai3. And again: “We do not want some NGOs to decide Europe’s migration policy by creating conflicts between countries. We need European Commission rules for NGOs, we need to set rules that NGOs must respect”, added the Forza Italia exponent.

Salvini: “Ready to punch hard on landings”

“Whoever makes a mistake pays. That’s right.” “Close in sight, fines, kidnappings and more controls. The government ready to punch hard on landings”. Thus the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure Matteo Salvinileader of the League, on Twitter.

The tweet of the German ambassador

“In 2022 there are already over 1300 people dead or missing in the Mediterranean. 12% of the survivors have been saved by NGOs. They save lives where aid from States is lacking. Their humanitarian commitment deserves our gratitude and our support”. The German ambassador to Italy writes on Twitter, Viktor Elbling.

“Outlaw NGOs” for Italy, Cyprus, Malta and Greece

A post that comes after – it was yesterday afternoon – the joint “counter-offensive” of Italy, Greece, Malta and Cyprus which defined the mechanism for the redistribution of migrants “regrettable and disappointing” and pointed the finger at “outlawed” NGOs. A four-voice complaint launched by the countries bordering the Mediterranean and which, for migrants, must necessarily represent the first entry into Europe. A shared declaration, written by three ministers of the interior joined by the holder of Migration and asylum in Athens. A note that came after the controversy over reception policies and the heavy clash that took place between Rome and Paris.

Paris: “Rome will have consequences”

Also yesterday, in the evening, the magazine Le Parisien published an interview with the French Foreign Minister, Catherine Colonnahowever, released last Thursday: “Italy respects neither international nor maritime law. From the premier Giorgia Meloni unacceptable methods, Rome will have consequences. “In the meantime, Spain has distanced itself from the joint note:” It would reward those who do not respect the obligations of international law. “In all this, Europe is working to organize a summit shortly. temporal: by the end of November.

Piantedosi: “An ancient brotherhood unites us to France”

“Balance and refinement” is France for the Minister of the Interior, Matteo Piantedosi, a “model to inspire me”. “Never the undersigned, but not even the government colleagues with whom I share this adventure, could have imagined that any action we can take with respect to what is the mandate that the citizens have given us can be brought to the point of imagining breaking the relationship with countries to which an ancient brotherhood unites us and therefore the necessity of a common path to follow “. Piantedosi, in the council chamber of the Municipality of Pietrastornina, in the province of Avellino, during a meeting with local administrators and citizens of Irpinia, makes a passage that refers to the existing tensions with France for the management of the immigration issue.

NGO, Piantedosi will report to Parliament

Immigration will again be the topic at the center of the debate in the week that opens: after the events of recent days, the Minister of the Interior Piantedosi will give a briefing to Parliament – first to the Senate and then to the Chamber – on Wednesday 16 November, in which he will talk about migratory flows and NGO ships in the Mediterranean.

Luxembourg: “Migrants test for Meloni government intentions”

“France and Italy are two essential pillars for achieving a reform of the European migration management system. A continuing quarrel” between Rome and Paris “will damage the entire EU.” The foreign minister of Luxembourg says so Jean Asselbornin an interview withHandle. “On the immigration dossier we will read the real intentions of the newly elected Italian government on how much Europe it wants. I sincerely hope – he added – that it is just a hiccup at the beginning of the new government in Rome”. Tomorrow the holders of European diplomacy will meet in Brussels for the Foreign Affairs Council.