they are ridiculous threats. France and Germany do not respect the agreements – Corriere.it

Giorgia Meloni he has no intention of backing down. He considers that of France a disproportionate reaction and at the same time a threat that speaks for itself. A threat that in any case does not scare the Italian government, much less in those references linked to the financial mechanisms of solidarity that Paris considers too lavish towards our country.

A minister at Palazzo Chigi has just come out of a meeting with the head of the government, his summary has no nuances: «Those in Paris are ridiculous, do they want to take our money away? He will mean that we will no longer dock anyonethe NGOs will go somewhere else ».

The government’s position is united, coordinated, without different interpretations with respect to the accusations made by Paris and to the invitation addressed to the other countries of the European Union to cancel the agreements on the redistribution of migrants signed in June, under the Draghi government. It is a position that unites the Interior Ministry, European Affairs, the diplomatic staff of Palazzo Chigi, the Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who is visiting the Netherlands together with the head of state and not far from Sergio Mattarella he told the agencies his opinion on the affair: that of France is «one disproportionate reaction“.

In the government rooms they add the adjective “abnormal”, therefore not only beyond any possible proportion with the reality data and the story of the Ocean Viking ship, but also in some way out of every possible canon in relations between two countries who until two days ago collaborated on the migratory front.

It certainly exists in this affair something that hasn’t come out publicly, a misunderstanding that occurred three nights ago, when on his return from Egypt, from the COP27 conference, with a note Meloni thanked the French government for its willingness to open one of its ports. Perhaps at the Elysée they did not like a level of publicity that they would have preferred different, perhaps the negotiations were in progress and a short circuit in the communications has complicated a story that began in the name of dialogue and ended with a diplomatic confrontation Without precedents.

Certainly, however, beyond any reconstruction, the Italian government believes it is right. Another minister puts it this way: “That of the Ocean Viking, either all or none go down, was blackmail. Three ships in a few days were no accident. NGOs cannot have the power to determine the relationship between states. The June agreements, signed under the French presidency of the Union, facilitated by Macron, were and are right: it was finally acknowledged that the Lisbon Treaty it speaks not only of fair sharing of responsibilities but also of solidarity between states. Too bad they are almost inapplicable, since in almost five months Germany took only 75 migrants from us And France welcomed 38 in all on a promise of 500. How do we put it, who is it that doesn’t respect the agreements? ».

In short, if the Interior Ministry has changed the Italian line compared to the previous government, it is also because the declaration that was signed by Minister Lamorgese essentially remained a dead letter. And “if 200 people become a coincidence compared to the 90,000 migrants who are docked on our shores in the current year, it means that there is something else underneath – still tell the government -. Macron has internal political problems, on this affair he is uncovered both on the left and on the right, he must face one general strikebut don’t think you can frighten us by raising the tone ».

Also to the Farnesina the reading of the story marries the rest of the government line: «It is not normal that in some moments in the channel of Sicily there are even
15 or 16 NGO naval units
with the support of two reconnaissance aircraft. It’s not normal that the captain of a private ship decides that one state rather than another should open its ports. A year ago the case of the submarines in Australia caused an unprecedented crisis between Paris and Washington, which was then recomposed according to their respective economic interests, it could also happen in this case ».