The Italian ambassador to France Emanuel d'Alessandro was in the interview of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris. The reason for the visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were the recent statements of the Italian deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini about President Emmanuel Macron, “Le Figaro” said. The league leader called Macron a “madman”.
According to the journal in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs France It was handed over to the Italian ambassador that Salvini's words “conflict” with the 2021 treaty regarding the strengthening of bilateral relations.
Sources at the Italian embassy in Paris, cited by the Ansa agency, confirmed that such a conversation occurred, but stipulated that the ambassador was not called.
Salvini about the “madman” in Paris
The movement of the French side was a reaction to the statements of Deputy Prime Minister Salvini, who in the discussion about wars in Ukraine And efforts to end it and EU policy declared: – The European army commanded by this madman Macron, who talks about the nuclear war – no, never (it cannot happen – ed.).
Salvini also stated: – Zełnski asks for peace, Trump works for peace, Putin wants peace, and in Paris there is a madman.
This is how the Italian politician commented on the proposal of the debate presented by the president about the extension of the French nuclear umbrella on European partners.
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