Milan, 7 June (LaPresse) – “I’m happy to leave the controversy over my alleged isolation to a desperate left; as for those who suggest political motives for my absence, I’d remind them that when I have something to say, I say it. I’m happy to leave the childish or Morettian attitudes of ‘do I get more attention if I go or if I don’t’ to others.” So said Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in an interview with the ‘Corriere della Sera’ regarding the opposition’s criticism of her failure to attend the summit in Montenegro. “There is no hidden agenda behind the decision not to go. The celebrations at the Carabinieri’s festival ran late, and it didn’t seem right to go to Montenegro just to stay for an hour at most. It happens to all leaders that they don’t attend some summits; I’ve seen this first-hand as one of the most regular attendees, but I’m almost certain I’m the only one in the world for whom such ridiculous controversies are stirred up,” says Meloni. She adds: ‘If I had had reasons not to attend a summit, I certainly wouldn’t have used the one with the Balkans as an excuse, given that Italy is among the main supporters of the Balkans’ integration into Europe and I have excellent relations with all the leaders in the region.’ On Friday, whilst in Reggio Calabria for the Carabinieri celebrations, the Prime Minister informed European Council President António Costa and called Prime Minister Milojko Spajic, with whom she agreed to meet as soon as possible, “because he knows how close his country is to us”.
Meloni: ‘Absence from the summit in Montenegro? Ridiculous controversy, a desperate left’
Milan, 7 June (LaPresse) – “I’m happy to leave the controversy over my alleged isolation to a desperate left; as for those who suggest political motives for my absence, I’d remind them that when I have something to say, I say it. I’m happy to leave the childish or Morettian attitudes of ‘do I get more attention if I go or if I don’t’ to others.” So said Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in an interview with the ‘Corriere della Sera’ regarding the opposition’s criticism of her failure to attend the summit in Montenegro. “There is no hidden agenda behind the decision not to go. The celebrations at the Carabinieri’s festival ran late, and it didn’t seem right to go to Montenegro just to stay for an hour at most. It happens to all leaders that they don’t attend some summits; I’ve seen this first-hand as one of the most regular attendees, but I’m almost certain I’m the only one in the world for whom such ridiculous controversies are stirred up,” says Meloni. She adds: ‘If I had had reasons not to attend a summit, I certainly wouldn’t have used the one with the Balkans as an excuse, given that Italy is among the main supporters of the Balkans’ integration into Europe and I have excellent relations with all the leaders in the region.’ On Friday, whilst in Reggio Calabria for the Carabinieri celebrations, the Prime Minister informed European Council President António Costa and called Prime Minister Milojko Spajic, with whom she agreed to meet as soon as possible, “because he knows how close his country is to us”.
