Meloni relaunches: after Ceuta, an EU response on repatriations and immigration is urgently needed. Wrath of…

Accelerate on the grounding of new ones EU regulations which, among other things, plan to speed up the repatriations, the possibility of agreements with third countries and the strengthening of external borders: the prime minister Giorgia Meloni has once again relaunched the need forimmigration a European response arrives and we need to act quickly. And the pressure on Brussels will be increasingly suffocating in the coming hours. Because, say government sources, what happened to Ceuta it could happen in other places in Europe and we can no longer ignore it. For this reason the initiative promoted by Italy which on Saturday with the Denmark, was the spokesperson for a letter signed by 21 other European states and “super-transversal, signed by countries from the North and the South, from a front that includes conservatives and socialists”, according to what the same sources point out.

The spotlight is now on the meeting called for Tuesday which will be attended by the Interior Ministers of the EU area. Among the government’s proposals is the possibility of extending the Albania model, with the establishment of new hubs in Africa for the repatriation of irregular migrants. Hub, a list on the table that would include countries likeEthiopia, Egypt, Uganda, Rwanda, Ghana, Senegal, Tunisia, Libya e Mauritania, which should be financed by Europe. “It’s the next step”, say executive sources who, however, do not expect any important news this week.

Criticisms from the opposition

But after Italy’s decision to suspend the Schengen Treaty with the Spain the forces that do not support the executive are on the barricades. “What was the risk of doing this muscular test against a European country? It was a shameful thing”, said the president of Five Star Movement, Giuseppe Conte. “Useless electoral blunders” for the leader of Action Carlo Calenda, “The attempt to pursue Vannacci at a time when a European country needed solidarity was short-sighted,” he argues Matteo Renzi of IV. “Meloni speculates” for Angelo Bonelli of Avs, “zero stopped at the Italian borders after the crackdown”, the attack by Riccardo Magi more Europe.

The government’s position

The Italian government has “a very clear line on the issue of immigration”: we are against “clandestine and irregular” flows, said the Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, “we are checking passport control to see if there are people who cannot enter Italy. So far we are not aware of anyone who could not have been found.” “Closing the borders is common sense, la League he’s been saying it for years”, attacks the deputy prime minister and leader of the via Bellerio party Matteo Salvini; “Madrid is increasingly isolated,” he says Carlo Fidanza, head of FdI delegation to the European Parliament.

International reactions

“Let solutions of peace, stability and justice be found”, the voice of Pope while in Spain the president of Vox, Santiago Abascal, called for the “permanent militarization of the Ceuta border until necessary.”