Altolà di Mattarella to France: "Italy knows how to take care of itself, stop interference"
The French minister for European affairs said he wanted to monitor "respect for rights and freedoms" in our country
Sergio Mattarella (Ansa)
Sergio Mattarella, Mario Draghi and Giorgia Meloni united in defending Italy from French interference.
The Head of State, the current and very likely future Prime Minister respond in unison to Laurence Boone, the French Minister for European Affairs who said he wanted to monitor "respect for rights and freedoms in Italy" .
“The era of governments asking for protection abroad - replied Giorgia Meloni - is over”. A prompt response that found the "seal" of the President of the Republic.
Asked about the subject by a journalist, Mattarella was very clear: " Italy knows how to look after itself in compliance with the Constitution and the values of the European Union, " he said.
Words, those of the Head of State, who immediately received the applause of the FdI leader: "Well Mattarella, any Italian can feel represented by the report about the fact, as correctly said, that Italy is perfectly capable of looking after itself itself, without interference. Since this is not the first time this has happened, I think it was necessary to reiterate that in no treaty does it say that it is up to a foreign nation to ensure that the rights of another are respected ”.
Mario Draghi, on the sidelines of the informal summit in Prague, also assured that on the part of the European partners "there is curiosity towards Italy, as always when a government changes, but not concern ".
An exit, that of the French minister, who forced Paris to correct the shot, so much so that Emmanuel Macron intervened and expressed "all his friendship and full trust in President Mattarella and in the conclusions he will draw from the result of the elections".
And he added: “We have the leaders that the people give us in our countries, we will work with good will and in a demanding way with whoever Mattarella chooses to appoint to the government . It is not France but the vote of the Italians to choose the Italian prime minister, I will work with the designated person but without changing my principles and my values ”.
(Unioneonline / L)
