"I believe that the policy of other governments is used to settle internal accounts. It does not seem to me an ideal thing in terms of politics and etiquette, but everyone makes the choices they want to make", says Giorgia Meloni.

"Evidently there is some problem of consensus that needs to be addressed, but it is an internal problem. I don't want to get into it, I understand the difficulties," he says. "No, no, I am interested in what Italians say about the work I do," he adds.