(Finance) – The first objective is to fight the networks of migrant traffickers: the prime minister said so Giorgia Meloni at the end of the EU summit in Granada explaining that the perception of the Migration Pact between Italy, Poland and Hungary is “different mainly due to geographical reasons”, with reference to Warsaw and Budapest’s no to the migration chapter of the final declaration.
“We voted for the Pact because the new rules are better than the previous ones but I did not bring this priority, it is the debate of an old perception, our position is different from Poland and Hungary due to a geographical issue. They understand the Italian position, the I understand their position perfectly and it does not prejudice our work”, he continued.
When asked about Germany’s position, Meloni explained that Olaf Scholz supports the cooperation strategy with North African countries to combat migration. “German Chancellor Scholz is aware that the Italian strategy is the only one that can be effective: he told me that we need to move forward with this work in Tunisia. Everyone tells us that the work with Tunis must be replicated with other Northern countries Africa and beyond”, he added.
For his part, the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz he underlined how “we spoke often” with the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, even today: “These are very intense conversations in which we found a very pragmatic understanding. We are both very happy to have managed to find the last fundamental element of the law European Union on asylum. Reform has become possible”, he said in the press conference at the end of the summit in Granada.