Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the G7 summit with her English counterpart Rishi Sunak and French President Macron.
During the G7 in Hiroshima, she is criticized by the Canadian leader for her positions against LGTBI rights
After the fire caused a few days ago at the diplomatic level with France, the situation with Macron seems stable
The leader has tried to maintain an international reputation since the beginning of the legislature, but she does not always succeed
One of the main objectives of the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni since last October became head of government in Italy was to overthrow the opinion that had been generated about him due to his origins in post-fascist political activism. their first meetings They were in Europe, more precisely in Brussels, and during these months she followed an important international agenda that led her to several notable bilateral meetings, such as the one held in November with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping or with the Prime Indian minister. Narendra Modi. In addition to relying on a strong Atlanticism and Europeanism again a few days ago when he was able to receive Ukrainian President Zelensky in Rome. It is precisely this issue that unites it the most globally with Western alliances, but some of its internal discourses, such as those related to immigration or LGTBI rights, reach international ears, generating diplomatic friction.
At the start of the day summit of the G7 held in Hiroshima, while in Italy a flood not seen for decades devastated Emilia-Romagna, Meloni was meeting in a bilateral meeting with Canadian leader Justin Trudeau. Shortly after the start of the meeting between the two, the anger of the Italian Prime Minister was revealed to the press after the criticism received directly against him Canadian counterpart who confessed to being “concerned about some of the positions taken by Italy regarding LGTBI rights” and added that “I can’t wait to talk to you,” addressing Meloni. In some photos published after the meeting, we see the Italian Prime Minister upset and the Canadian media claim that she herself justified the decisions taken in accordance with what the courts have established.
This confrontation, which the Italian press also covered, It comes days after Italy had a fresh clash with France over the right-wing government’s recent anti-immigration policies and in general positions defended by representatives of the Executive. At the beginning of this month of May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice-President of Forza Italia was supposed to travel to Paris to meet his counterpart but, at the last moment, he canceled, alleging that French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin had “insulted” Italy by criticizing the management of migration of the transalpine country, declaring that “Meloni is elected because she promises that we will see what we are going to see and in the end what we see is that the problem does not stop, but amplifies because the Italy is experiencing a serious migration crisis.” In short, he called Meloni incompetent.
The Macron government intends to confront Brussels and make an immigration law in which it is France who has the last word on irregular immigration, which would place France as the most radical country in terms of immigration laws, light years away from Italy and calling into question what the political structure decides , be it countries or decisions of the European Commission.
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Disagreements that have a clear precedent when, this fall, during the first migration crisis that Meloni experienced, France was “forced” to open the doors of the Ocean King, one of the humanitarian ships that had been waiting since days on the coasts of the transalpine country to save several migrants. This moment tightened the strings of diplomatic relations between the two countries which have not always been easy, but which now come a long time after the harmony between former Prime Minister Mario Draghi and President Macron. The criticisms of the French country on this occasion weighed more than months ago because they come at a more delicate moment, andbecause the migratory phenomenon has acquired really relevant figures. In the first four months of 2023, four times as many people arrived in Italy compared to the previous year, approximately 40,856 while in 2022 there were just over 10,000.
The tension eased a few days ago when President Macron stepped back and extended his hand to Giorgia Meloni. The Italian Prime Minister does not hide that she won the first ideological battle against Macron, even though the whole world knows that Macron in fact has the ideology he needs at all times. In any case, Macron did it by reaching the summit of the Council of Europe which was held recently in Reykjavik where he clearly expressed that “Italy cannot be left alone in the face of the pressure of migratory flows” and also expressing that he intended to confront Meloni in order to cooperate on the complex file, and still open, before a debate at European headquarters that the Mediterranean countries hope to be able to open definitively in depth. Also within the framework of the G7, after the terrible news of the floods coming from Italy, the French president wanted to share words of support with the Italian leader and was available to help in whatever was needed.
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