Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called on Saturday at the G7 summit in Japan for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to adopt a "pragmatic" approach to unlock financing to Tunisia without preconditions.
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Tunisia is in a very difficult situation, with obvious political fragility and facing the risk of imminent default," she said during a session with the other leaders of the seven major industrialized democracies.
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However, "negotiations between the IMF and Tunisia are de facto blocked," she lamented, according to remarks reported by her delegation. According to Meloni, the international financial institution is showing a "certain rigidity" because it has "not obtained" from Tunisian President Kais Saied "all the guarantees that would be necessary".
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That is understandable on the one hand, but on the other, are we sure that this rigidity is the best way forward? If this government falls, do we know what the alternatives would be? I believe that the approach must be pragmatic, otherwise we risk aggravating situations already badly started, "pleaded the head of the Italian government.
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On the sidelines of the G7 in Hiroshima, Giorgia Meloni met with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, to discuss "the issue of immigration and in particular Tunisia," according to this Italian source.
