French President Emmanuel Macron unexpectedly became the first European president to meet with Europe this Sunday. Giorgia Melony After the inauguration of the new Italian prime minister and some initial disagreements between the two leaders. “As Europeans, from neighboring countries, as friendly peoples, we must continue all the work we started with Italy.. We owe it to our youth and peoples to realize this together, through dialogue and ambition. Macron, in a statement on his social media account after the meeting, said that our first meeting in Rome is moving in this direction.
this meeting between the two leaders this was not disclosedIt comes after Meloni’s electoral victory was met with skepticism by Paris in the past weeks. In an interview with an Italian newspaper, French Minister for European Affairs Laurence Boone even stated that France will “monitor respect for the rights and freedoms of the new government in Rome”. Boone’s words, “an unacceptable threat of intervention against a sovereign state, a member of the European Union,” was the response of the Italian far-right at the time.
In this sense, speech apparently also Unblocking the relationship between Rome and ParisAs highlighted by Meloni’s press office after the meeting. Sources from Palazzo Chigi, the Presidency of the Italian Council of Ministers, said the meeting, which lasted more than an hour, was “intimate and fruitful”. Meloni and Macron all major european files: high energy price, support for Ukraine, difficult economic situation, the need for a quick and joint response on the management of migration flows”, the same sources added, adding that both countries will continue to cooperate.respect for mutual national interests“.
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That’s why it aroused great interest in the transalp press this Sunday, after the French authorities approved the meeting, which was held on the sidelines of France. a planned visit de Macron is in the Italian capital to attend an event with the Catholic association Sant’Egidio, held in the EUR quarter of Rome, where the war in Ukraine was also discussed.
In fact, the meeting is attending contact with a number of European authorities With the new Italian Government currently taking place. An example of this was the telephone conversation today between the new Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Policy. Joseph Borrell. After the dialogue, Tajani said, “The EU is a fundamental reference for Italy. We will work together to face global challenges and for a just peace in Ukraine.”