Laurence Boone, Secretary of State for Europe, was the guest of the 8:30 a.m. france info from Friday, November 11, 2022. Arrival of theocean viking in France, diplomatic crisis between Paris and Rome, energy solidarity in Europe, she responded to Neila Latrous and Lorrain Sénéchal.
“Ocean Viking”: “There is a breach of trust” with Italy
For her, ” there is a breach of trust“with Italy, which”freed from international law” and “European ruless” by refusing to open one of its ports toocean viking. “It was a unilateral decision that put lives at risk“, she insists. The humanitarian ship indeed wandered in the Mediterranean for three weeks, before docking in the military port of Toulon, in the Var. For her, “we can ask ourselves the question of an instrumentalization of these human livesby the new far-right Italian government.
French retaliatory measures against Italy: “We mark the blow, but without putting the lives of people in danger”
“We mark the blow, but without putting the lives of people in danger“, she says about the retaliatory measures against Rome. The planned reception in France of 3,500 migrants currently in Italy has indeed been suspended since Thursday. This “relocation was to take place between now and summer 2023“, she specifies. The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, also promised to shoot “the resultson the other aspects of the Franco-Italian relationship.
Energy tariffs: at European level, “we continue to discuss mechanisms”
“We continue to discuss mechanisms“on a European scale, with the aim of lowering the prices of the various energies, she indicates. She quotes “a gas price cap mechanism that effectively lowers prices” and “a more sustainable reform of the electricity market to bring down prices on a lasting basisof this energy.
The Czech Republic, which still chairs the Council of the European Union until December 31, “said she would do as much energy advice as needed to come up with solutions“, she recalls.
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