“The war continues and Russia’s coffers are filled with money,” Salvini warned.
Sep. 4 () –
The leader of Italy’s far-right Liga party, Matteo Salvini, has stirred up a political firestorm by questioning the effectiveness of sanctions imposed on Russia over the invasion of Ukraine.
“You cannot joke about the issue of war and sanctions. It is irresponsible to campaign like this and it questions the reliability of the country,” warned the leader of the Democratic Party, Enrico Letta, during his participation in the Ambrosini Forum that is being held in the town of Cernobbio, in northern Italy.
“When I listen to Salvini talk about sanctions, it seems to me that I am listening to Putin’s propaganda and I sincerely worry that our country will wink at Putin,” added the Minister of Southern and Territorial Cohesion, Mara Carfagna, of the conservative party. Italy force.
For Antonio Tajani, also from Fuerza Italia, “sanctions are inevitable and any decision must be made at a European level.” “Within the center-right there is debate, but not quarrels. At this time we need a strong European solidarity,” he pointed out.
Salvini defended that “the Italians are losing and the Russians are winning” and that “obviously in Brussels, someone has made a mistake with the accounts.”
“We are facing the only case in the world in which sanctions to stop a war, to bring a regime to its knees, to block attacks, do not harm those who are sanctioned, but those who are sanctioned,” he said.
“We must continue to support, defend and help the Ukrainian people, but the sanctions are not hurting Russia, which is earning hundreds of billions more. They are hurting our businesses and our families,” he said.
Already on Sunday, Salvini has been more conciliatory. “Europe says that sanctions are not lifted? Well, one alone does not go anywhere. I do not bark at the moon. Let’s leave them,” he indicated. In addition, he has called for a “European shield”, although he has reiterated his argument: “Sanctions do not work. Whoever invades a country is totally wrong. We have always supported all aid to Ukraine, but several months have passed and the gas bills are arriving to be paid even triple. The war continues and Russia’s coffers are filled with money,” he stressed.
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