The National Assembly distances itself from Giorgia Meloni, the Italian head of government who was elected after the end of illegal immigration in Italy. “She didn’t want to implement her election promises,” lamented Sébastien Chenu.
A clear assessment for the federal rally. Almost a week after the arrival of numerous migrants from Tunisia and Libya on the island of Lampedusa, Sébastien Chenu violently attacks the Italian head of state Giorgia Meloni.
“She made imploring remarks (on immigration) and was not willing or able to implement them (her election promises), which is an absolute disappointment,” criticized the RN MP on this Monday morning in the Public Senate.
Do everything you can to avoid being sent back to Meloni’s failure
Before we remember: “We, our ally, are still Matteo Salvini”, head of the Northern League, involved in the government of Giorgia Meloni, who appeared this Sunday alongside Marine Le Pen.
The RN wants to distance itself at all costs from the post-fascist formation Fratelli d’Italia, from which the head of the transalpine government comes. And for good reason: elected on the promise of a “Naval blockade” To prevent the arrival of migrants from Libya in Italy, Giorgia Meloni comes face to face with reality.
According to Rome, more than 42,000 people arrived on Italian territory via the Mediterranean between January and April 2023, and around 11,000 in the whole of 2022. To these figures are now added the 7,000 migrants who arrived in Lampedusa last week, representing the total population of this small island of 20 km².
“Asking the EU for help is not the right solution”
Enough to force Giorgia Meloni to appear alongside Ursula Von der Leyen in Lampedusa on Sunday. The President of the European Commission announced an aid plan that is intended in particular to facilitate the transfer of people arriving in Lampedusa, who are usually taken by boat to Sicily or the continent, to other European countries.
Giorgia Meloni “is obviously wrong in this method. Calling on the European Union for help is obviously not the right solution. “It’s about nations regaining control over migration policy and therefore over their borders,” attacked Sébastien Chenu again.
Does the National Rally really have any choice but to attack Rome? While Marine Le Pen has made the fight against illegal immigration one of her passions, there is no doubt that she will be caught up in the Italian’s misadventures.
Reconquest in support of the Italian leader
Giorgia Meloni had already changed her strategy last winter and started creating hundreds of reception places for migrants, far away his election promises. At the moment, Rome continues to fail on the migration issue. Since signing a strategic partnership in July between the EU and Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed to stem the flow of migrantsStrongly driven by Italy, the number of arrivals from the Tunisian coast increased by more than 60%.
On the side of Reconquête, which is close to Giorgia Meloni, the discourse is completely different. “The Italian government is being let down by the European Union and France,” complained last Friday Marion Maréchal, leader of the European list of Éric Zemmour’s movement.