Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is “unable to solve the migration problems” of her country, says Gérald Darmanin

Gérald Darmanin raises his voice in the face of the management of migrants on the other side of the Alps. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni “is unable to solve the migratory problems” of Italy, a country which is experiencing a “very serious migration crisis”said Thursday, May 4 the Minister of the Interior.

“Madame Meloni, the far-right government chosen by Madame Le Pen’s friends, is incapable of solving the migratory problems on which she was elected”, declared the minister, questioned in the program “Les Grandes Gueules” of RMC on the remarks of the president of the National Rally (RN), Jordan Bardella, concerning the situation on the Franco-Italian border.

“Meloni is like Le Pen”

“Yes, there is an influx of migrants and especially minors” in the south of France, admitted Gérald Darmanin, who puts the blame on the Italian neighbor: “The truth is that there is in Tunisia (…) a political situation which means that many children, in particular, go up through Italy and that Italy is incapable (…) of manage this migratory pressure”he insisted.

“Meloni, it’s like Le Pen, she gets elected on ‘you’re going to see what you’re going to see’ and then what we see is that [l’immigration] don’t stop and let it get bigger”, continued Gérald Darmanin. According to the Italian Interior Ministry, more than 36,000 people have arrived via the Mediterranean in Italy this year, compared to around 9,000 during the same period in 2022.