(Finance) – Clash Italy-France on the subject of migrants. After the words of the French Interior Minister, Gerald Darmanin, which defined the president of the Council Giorgia Meloni “unable to solve Italy’s migratory problems”, the foreign minister, Antonio Tajani, has canceled his trip to Paris, scheduled for the next few days. “I will not go to Paris for the scheduled meeting with Colonna. The offenses to the government and to Italy pronounced by Minister Darmanin are unacceptable. This is not the spirit with which common European challenges should be faced,” Tajani wrote on Twitter.
Then skip the Foreign Minister’s mission with the French colleague Catherine Colonna: a long-expected bilateral. The French government has announced that it hopes that the foreign minister’s visit will be “quickly rescheduled”. “The French government looks forward to working with Italy to address the common challenge posed by the rapid growth of migration flows”, reads a note released by Foreign Ministry in Paris intervening on the statements about the Italian Prime Minister by the French Interior Minister. “The relationship between France and Italy – continues the statement – is based on mutual respect, between our two countries and between their leaders. It is the spirit of the Treaty of the Quirinale”.
There migration issue “it must be addressed by all Member States, bearing in mind that we can only be successful and effective with concertation and a calm dialogue”. “There external dimension of migrations, which implies in particular the strict strengthening of cooperation with the countries of origin or transit of migrants – concludes the statement – is one of the pillars of the European strategy and is the subject of exchanges between the French and Italian governments, in particular between the two foreign ministers”.
“I spoke to my colleague Antonio Tajani on the telephone. I told him that the relationship between Italy and France is based on mutual respect, between our two countries and between their leaders. I hope to be able to welcome you soon Paris”, tweeted Catherine Colonna, French Foreign Minister, who was supposed to receive her Italian counterpart tonight at 7.30 pm at the Quai d’Orsay before the visit was canceled due to Darmanin’s words.