Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced an investment plan this Monday. 5.5 billion euro for africa. The decision taken within the framework of Italy’s attempts to stop the terrorist attack migration This initiative for his country was announced at the first Africa-Italy summit of the G7 trans-Alpine presidency. However, there was also a meeting. crosses of accusations with African leaders.
This investment, the president said, “will have 5.5 billion euros between loans, donations and guarantees: around 3 billion from the Italian Climate Fund and 2.5 billion from the Development Cooperation Fund.” “Obviously This is not enough. “That’s why we want to include other donors,” said Meloni, reminding that the name of the plan was taken from Enrico Mattei, in honor of the famous Italian businessman who died in 1962.
In this way, Meloni took another step towards his breezy strategy of helping African countries economically. deporting immigrants, as the right tried last year with the authoritarian government of Kais Saied in Tunisia, This situation caused various criticisms from non-governmental organizations specializing in human rights.
For Africa, without Africa
With this preface, Meloni summoned the Roman congress. 22 Heads of Government and State Africans, along with some international organizations, the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU). “Massive illegal immigration will never stop, human traffickers In this context, the right wing said, “They will never be defeated unless the reasons that force a person to leave their home are addressed,” and added, “We want to declare war on human traffickers.”
But, the road looks uphill. Proof of this was that the President of the African Union, Moussa Faki, himself wanted to emphasize that Italy had not consulted its own organization to prepare the proposed plan. “We would have asked them to consult us,” Faki said. “I also insist on the necessity of passing From words to actions“We can no longer settle for promises, especially because they are often not kept,” he added.
“A plan written without Africa”said Aboubakar Soumahoro, an Italian MP of Ivorian origin, in the same vein. As reported, Meloni’s plan will include financing projects in countries such as Tunisia, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Algeria, Mozambique, Egypt, Congo, Ethiopia and Kenya.