The Italian Prime Minister announced that the European Union’s migration policy, which involved the redistribution of new arrivals, had failed. She recalled that 94,000 migrants from Africa have arrived in Italy this year. Only 30,000 people entitled to political asylum or another form of protection can be received by Italy’s European partners.
– Do you know how many they took? 38 people France, 57 Germany. In exchange of what ? For tacitly accepting that Italy is the only European port for arrivals from Africa, she commented. Giorgia Meloni also pointed out that other solutions are needed. According to her, potential migrants should be helped in their country in Africa, and only those who reach Europe legally should be admitted.
“The EU is not a club of first and second tier countries”
Earlier, Mr.The Italian Prime Minister also criticized, as she put it, “attempts to push Poland out of the European Union”. Giorgia Meloni said that the European Union is not a club of first and second tier countries, good and bad, to be expelled from the club. She expressed concern about the attacks on Poland. She recalled that he had taken in a million Ukrainian refugees.
00:56 12100308_1.mp3 Italian Prime Minister: EU is not a club of first and second class countries – report by Piotr Kowalczuk (IAR)
– Poland is on the front line of the conflict with Russia, underlined the Italian Prime Minister. – According to NATO, he could be the next victim of Russian expansion. What signal are we sending to Russia by saying that Poland is not our friend? Giorgia Meloni asked.
She recalled that after the Second World War, the countries of Eastern Europe were left to their own devices and were for years under the yoke of the Soviet Union, so we had to reach out to them. The Italian Prime Minister also criticized the absence of a common European Union energy policy.
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