Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday criticized French populist Marine Le Pen for not opposing European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s second term during a video speech at the “Winds of Change” convention. was criticized by Mr.
Unable to live up to her reputation as a populist agitator, Giorgia Meloni has led a centrist government since coming to power in 2022, not opposing the globalist policies of von der Leyen and others. It has sought to deepen ties between Rome and Brussels.
One person who specifically called out her on this point was Marine Le Pen, former presidential candidate and leader of the French National Rally. Said “Message to Giorgia: Do you support or not support von der Leyen’s second government? Is that so?” I believe so. We have to tell the Italian people the truth and we have to tell them what we are going to do. ”
Le Pen said her French party, which is part of the European Parliament’s ID group, “will fight with all its might to prevent Ms von der Leyen from being re-elected.”
The French populist also said he believed that only Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and his allies would actually stand up to Ms von der Leyen’s bid for a second term after June’s European Parliament elections. Ta.
marine le pen @MLP_officiel Confronting the Italian Prime Minister @Giorgia Meloni sunburn @IDGroupEP Events held in Rome about Ursula von der Leyen’s position on her second term:
“Giorgia, you have to tell the truth! Do you support Ursula von der Leyen? Or not? I believe you will.” pic.twitter.com/PeekmtzK4u
— Eva Vladingerbroek (@EvaVlaar) March 23, 2024
While she won some victories for conservatives, including banning lab-grown meat and introducing further crackdowns on surrogacy, the central issue that brought her to power was cutting illegal immigration. , has only gotten worse under her leadership.
In fact, in 2023, according to According to information from the Interior Ministry, 155,754 migrants arrived in Italy in 2023, an increase of 50 percent compared to the previous year, when 103,846 illegal migrants were recorded as having entered Italy.
Mr Meloni had promised to take a tough approach against illegal immigration, especially ships run by smugglers who dump hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants on Italy’s coasts every year. Meloni prompts a hysterical reaction, naval blockade It operated in the Mediterranean Sea to prevent migrant ships from North Africa from crossing the seas.
But rather than take a stop-the-boat approach, Mr. Meloni has so far sought to instil himself within the Brussels establishment, and in the past year and recently has become an important ally of Ursula von der Leyen in negotiations for subsidies. Egypt in exchange for a government promise to stop people smuggling activities.
Meloni’s cozy relationship with von der Leyen and the government’s failure to crack down on illegal immigration have led many on the populist right to brand Meloni a globalist in populist clothing. The Italian prime minister has so far not said who his party will support as the next European Commission president, but he has chosen more centrist parties such as France’s Republican Party, which is in the same voting group as the European Union president. will support von der Leyen, even though political parties have already made it clear that they will not.
‘Not up to par’ French party refuses to support Ursula von der Leyen for second term as EU PM https://t.co/WarRKM7BSU
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) February 22, 2024
