May 23. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The French Foreign Minister, Catherine Colonna, has denied that there is a diplomatic crisis with Italy and has announced that she will travel to Rome on Thursday to meet with her counterpart, Antonio Tajani, after he canceled a previous visit to Paris due to his discomfort. for the criticisms leveled against the Italian immigration policy.
The controversy dates back to the beginning of the month, to statements in which the French Interior Minister, Gérald Darmanin, stated that the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, had shown herself to be “incapable” of “fixing migration problems”. For Tajani, it was an “unacceptable” criticism, for which he demanded a public apology.
Colonna, who has avoided asking for the pardon that Rome is demanding, has clarified this Tuesday on France 2 that he does not consider that the two neighboring countries are immersed in any crisis. There are “common interests”, said the head of French diplomacy, in favor of improving “cooperation” on issues such as immigration, in a context of “strong migratory pressure” for Italy.
The French minister has confirmed that she will travel to Rome on Thursday at the invitation of Tajani, after what she has limited herself to describing as “a moment of doubt and surprise”, alluding to the controversy opened by Darmanin’s statements.
