The French Interior Minister attacks the Meloni government’s approach to immigrants, and Tajani cancels his planned visit to Paris today. Again, there is a diplomatic incident between Italy and France on the issue of immigrants. A few days ago, the French government announced that it would deploy 150 gendarmes and soldiers to the Italian border, precisely to strengthen controls on the illegal passage of migrants. Gerald Darmanin’s interview with RMC today ignited the diplomatic crisis between the two countries. And by the way, the so-called “Dl Cutro” is the law and replaces the Consolidated Immigration Law.
What did Darmanin say about Giorgia Meloni?
Gerald Darmanin, France’s interior minister and today attacked Giorgia Meloni for handling immigration policies. “The head of the far-right government elected by Le Pen’s friends, Meloni is incapable of solving the immigration problems for which he was elected,” the minister said in response to Jordan Bardella during the ‘Les grandes gueules’ programme. Le Pen’s right-hand man and current head of the Rassemblement National, who went to visit the border posts between Menton and Ventimiglia yesterday.
Italy is incapable of managing this immigration pressure
Darmanin pointed to Italy, saying, “Yes, there is an influx of immigrants, and especially the younger ones, in the south of France,” and continued: “The truth is that in Tunisia there is a political situation that leads many children to follow suit. He stressed that he returned via Italy and that Italy is incapable of managing this immigration pressure.
“Meloni was chosen like Le Pen saying ‘you’ll see this, you’ll see that’ and then (migration, ed) we see that it didn’t stop and grew,” Darmanin said. “a very serious migration crisis”.
This is why the government of Emmanuel Macron fears that immigrants arriving on the Italian coasts may end up on the peninsula and then cross the border to reach France. The Elysee had to delay the approval of the new immigration law because it did not have enough numbers in Parliament.
Tajani cancels Paris visit: ‘Unacceptable crimes’
“I will not go to Paris for the planned meeting with Minister Catherine Colonna. The accusations made by Minister Gerald Darmanin against the government and Italy are unacceptable. This is not the spirit in which the common problems of Europe must be overcome”. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani entrusts the decision to cancel his trip to France on his Twitter profile after the Paris Interior Minister’s accusations against the Meloni government regarding the management of immigrants.
Tajani was expected to meet with Minister Catherine Colonna in Paris at the first bilateral meeting in France since taking over Farnesina six months ago. After the diplomatic crisis over the NGO Ocean Viking case last November, relations between the governments of Rome and Paris had certainly slackened: Darmanin himself, in addition to the visit of his Paris counterpart, Mario Piantedosi, and Tajani, a joint visit of the two ministers to Tunisia. He is scheduled to go.
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs patch
The issue of migration is one that “must be addressed by all Member States, bearing in mind that only through harmony and calm dialogue we can be successful and effective”. This is what we read in a note from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs following the debates after Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin canceled a visit to Paris where Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani was to meet with my colleague Catherine Colonna.
“The relationship between France and Italy is based on mutual respect between the two countries and their leaders. This is the spirit of the Treaty of Quirinale – the note reads – there is also a spirit of solidarity with which the French government is willing to work together. Italy, in particular, is driven by the rapid increase in immigration flows from the Central Mediterranean. will address the common problem it represents”.
According to the Quai d’Orsay, “the external dimension of migration, which, among other things, refers to the close strengthening of cooperation with the countries of origin or migration of migrants, is one of the pillars of European strategy and the subject of exchanges. Between the French and Italian governments, in particular the two foreign affairs among the minister”.
“Dl Cutro” is the law: what it provides
The fight against smugglers, derogations in flow ordinance legislation, changes in the duration of work permits, technical-logistics strengthening of the initial reception system and border controls and changes in the reception system, management of centers for immigrants and finally closure special protection were ‘discussed’. These are the main changes that took place in the town after the tragic shipwreck off the coast of Calabria, changing the consolidated text on immigration introduced by the Migrants decree, better known as the ‘Cutro decree’ for the Council of Ministers. With the final approval of the Chamber, the provision becomes law.
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