International Courant
ATHENS
Italy expressed its assist Thursday for the inclusion of the problem of irregular migration on the agenda of the European Political Neighborhood summit within the UK.
“It’s the first time that the problem of managing migratory flows has entered the agenda of the work of the European Political Neighborhood and {that a} particular roundtable has been devoted to it, which I’m very pleased to have co-chaired along with my Albanian counterpart Edi Rama at as we speak’s summit at Blenheim Palace within the UK,” mentioned Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
She mentioned coping with the problem of irregular migration requires a joint endeavor and known as for intensifying the wrestle in opposition to human trafficking, which she known as a contemporary type of slavery, in addition to addressing the basis causes of migration.
“It’s important that we by no means lose sight of the centrality we should give to the exterior dimension, simply as we should not be afraid to discover progressive options, such because the one now we have began with the Italy-Albania Protocol,” Meloni mentioned.
In a separate submit on X, Meloni mentioned her Brothers of Italy (FdI) get together, which belongs to the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) alliance within the European Parliament, didn’t vote in assist of the re-election of Ursula von der Leyen as European Fee president in voting earlier within the day “to be constant” with their beforehand acknowledged views and objections.
She added, nevertheless, that this is able to not compromise the position of Italy, a founding member of the European Union and certainly one of its greatest economies, inside the bloc.
Von der Leyen received assist from lawmakers for a second time period as the top of the fee, the manager arm of the EU.
The 720-member European Parliament authorised her candidacy in a 401-284 vote. There have been 15 abstentions and 7 voided votes.
The 65-year-old conservative politician first took workplace as president of the European Fee on Dec. 1, 2019.
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