Commentary
As we know, the reaction of many Western leaders to new Italian (and first female) Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s victory in the recent national elections varied from the downright deranged to the cold and aloof.
The Prime Minister of France, Elisabeth Borne, promised to keep a close eye on Meloni to ensure she respected Italy’s human rights because “in Europe, we carry a certain number of values” that include “respect for each other.”
Given its proximity of the island of Lampedusa to the African continent, Italy is on the front line of a wave of illegal migration that started in 2015 and never fully stopped….