The summit that excluded Italy

ROME-Giorgia Meloni reassures the press that relations with Paris "have not been compromised" in any way, yet the premier does not hide her disappointment at the private meeting that took place on February 8 in Paris between Zelensky, French President Macron and German Chancellor Scholz. A choice to exclude Italy, that of the number one of the Elysée, which the premier defined as "politically wrong". Salvini increases the dose: "The arrogant attitude on the part of Macron is incomprehensible" said the deputy prime minister on Friday 10 February, on the sidelines of an inspection of the construction site of the Olympic village in Milan.

The meeting between the leaders of France, Germany and Ukraine preceded by twelve hours the extraordinary European Council of 9 February, which saw the participation of the 27 presidents of the member states in Brussels. A private meeting wanted by Macron, which raised the controversy of the Italian premier.

“I believe that the strength of the unity image of the 27 in Brussels should not have been weakened. In Paris there were two presidents and not the other 25“, Said the Prime Minister at a press conference in Brussels, immediately after the Council meeting. Zelensky's invitation was described as "inappropriate".