Italy is still struck by the
"slap"
received by its French neighbor.
The colorful term is chosen by the transalpine press, the day after the remarks of the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, judging the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, "
incapable"
of managing the migratory pressure that his country is undergoing.
The speech reflects the feeling felt by the political elites, right and left alike, of amazement and irritation.
The affront caused Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani to cancel his trip to Paris on Thursday.
“Months of laborious diplomatic work went up in smoke with a few sentences,”
comments
La Repubblica.
The meeting of the Italian minister with his French counterpart Catherine Colonna
"was to be a step in the tormented work of reconciliation to prepare for Giorgia Meloni's long-awaited trip to the Élysée",
regrets the daily.
A new crisis between the two neighbors is therefore open.
This is the second…
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