Salvini says dispute with France over
Interior Minister Matteo Salvini announced that a dispute with France over migrants and other issues was over. Salvini said his French counterpart Christophe Castaner had recognized that Italy had been “left on its own” on the migrants issue.
He also recalled that Rome and Paris recently signed a deal that will improve the work of agents on the French-Italian border.
Salvini, praised the collaboration with France’s interior minister over immigration issues, in a sharp change of tone after months of acrimonious exchanges between Italy and France.
Ties between the two traditional allies had grown increasingly tense since Salvini’s decision to close Italian ports to migrant ships last year, culminating with France briefly recalling its ambassador to Rome in February.
On French President Emmanuel Macron, who has vowed to fight nationalists in upcoming European parliament elections, Salvini said they never met Macron and have different histories, different interests whilst on French nationalist leader Marine Le Pen, Salvini said she remained his main ally in France.
Via Reuters
