"For personal reasons and commitments, I was unable to attend the meeting with the Chinese ambassador. I have already met various foreign ambassadors and political leaders in recent weeks. I did so as former prime minister and leader in pectore of the M5s. . I have already announced that the new Movement will have a markedly international scope. We will ensure that the experience I have gained at an international level is an added value for a Movement that intends to renew itself profoundly. The controversies raised in these hours are entirely specious. ". This was declared by former premier Giuseppe Conte.
The reference is to the controversy sparked by the news of a visit defined as "routine" by the former premier and leader in pectore of the 5 Star Movement, Giuseppe Conte, in the company of Beppe Grillo, to the ambassador of the People's Republic in Rome. In the end, only Grillo will go to the embassy but the leader of Fratelli d'Italia Giorgia Meloni has nevertheless reacted by brandishing the M5S as the "fifth column of China". And even the party of Matteo Renzi, through the mouth of the deputy Davide Faraone, had not sent them to say before Conte's forfeit: "The action of the reformists and of Italia Viva - his words - is plastically visible today with a G7 where President Draghi represents the values of Atlanticism and Europeanism alongside Biden. At the same time, the former premier,we sent home, he was at the Chinese embassy with the comedian Grillo. Italy is in good hands: this government has cornered populists and sovereignists ".
"I will continue to do so also in the coming weeks, meeting leaders and ambassadors from all continents. We will ensure that the experience I have gained internationally is an added value for a Movement that intends to renew itself profoundly. On the other hand, the most complex challenges that politics must face have a global dimension and planning a purely domestic action means jeopardizing the possibility of truly effective political action ", adds Conte.
