The summit of the “compactness” it ends in communication messes And suspicions. After three hours of confrontation between the leader of the center-rightthe joint statement which establishes the «renewal of the coalition pact» comes out with two versions. And the difference concerns the foreign policyindicated as the first of the dossiers on which there is «total harmony». The version “right”sent by the staff of Georgia Meloni and from FdIexpresses «sharing on the crisis in Middle East and on the position of the Italian government in relation to the war in Ukraine». In the text transmitted to journalists by Alloy instead we are talking about “support for Kiev but against any hypothesis of military interventions outside the Ukrainian borders”. It remains in the Lega Nord communication chats for about a quarter of an hour, before being rectified by the party’s press office. Matthew Salvini who then apologizes: due to “an error” due to “haste” a version of the press release was transmitted that was then modified. It was not a change in content”.
Georgia Meloni leaves Chigi Palace immediately after the Council of Ministerswhich met at the end of the majority summit. Anyone who has had the opportunity to speak to her assures that “she certainly didn’t like this” communication short circuit. «Nobody believes that it was a mistake, it creates a problem because it ruins the climate», he throws up his arms minister. It shows that there are some different nuances in the government, at least on the approach and tone to be taken. But there are also those who in the Lega version, and in the reference to the «military interventions» and therefore not to the use of weapons supplied by the allies, also sees implicit reservations on the strategy of Volodymyr Zelenskyat a time when the Ukrainian offensive is targeting the Russian region of Kursk. All this while in Europe the debate on ways to support is reignited Kievand in the same hours the new one is born Commission. It is perhaps no coincidence that in the speech of Melons there are no explicit references to the ministers Ukrainian conflict.
“There is no clash of any kind”, the clarification arrived from theLega Nord press office while he was assembling the yellow: «For the majority and the government are worth the declarations made yesterday by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajaniaccording to which «the use of Italian weapons can only take place within theUkraine“. And one hour from the end of the Council of Ministers a note also arrived from Salviniaccording to which «the text (sent by mistake but immediately corrected) was modified in full agreement with all the others leader only for stylistic choice and not for content. It is a simple mistakethere is no problem ‘or case’ in the majority, we reiterated the government’s line that the Alloy has always supported”.
«More than a ‘stylistic choice’, dear Salvini – intervenes Henry Borghi Of Iv -. The difference between leaving that passage in the press release or removing it is like the difference between standing on the positions of Orban or on those of theEuropean Unionof the United States and of the United Kingdom». For the dem Peter DeLuca it is “yet another blunder by the government on foreign policy“. The government “is no longer able to express a united line on the right ofUkraine to defend themselves from aggression Russian using weapons, also supplied by theItalyto destroy Russian missile launch bases,” he attacks Oswald NaplesOf Actionaccording to which «now the meaning of the things written and said in recent days by the Ministers Crosetto And Tajani». And also Benedict of the Widow (+Europe), criticizes the Foreign Minister: «The equalisation of the use of weapons given to Kiev on objectives in Russia with the war at Flywas understandably called ‘ridiculous’ by theHigh Representative Borrell».