Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salveni said Tuesday he hoped the French people would soon be freed from a "very bad president" after a bitter war between the two countries. Relations between Paris and Rome have been strained since Italy took over the right-wing and populist coalition in June, June 2018.
"I hope that the French will be able to free themselves from a very bad president, and the occasion will be on May 26 (the European elections), so the French people will be able to regain," said Salveni, who is also deputy prime minister and leader of the far-right party. The fate, fate and pride of a misrepresented personality by a Macron-like character, "a reference to the election as a test of the popularity of the French president.
"I am very close to all French people, millions of men and women living in France with a very bad government and a very bad republic," Salveni said in a video posted on Facebook.
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New Attack
The new attack on the French president, who signed a new Franco-German treaty on Tuesday, followed Monday's attack by a five-star movement, the other component of Italy's ruling coalition and its leader, Lloydje de Mayo, against "colonial" France.
The Italian ambassador to France was called on Monday to the French Foreign Ministry after De Mayo, who is also deputy prime minister, accused France of "impoverishing Africa" and exacerbating the migration crisis.
"If a lot of people are leaving today (from Africa), because some European countries, and France first, never stopped colonizing dozens of African countries," said de Mayo, who runs the Ministry of Labor and Economic Development.
But he denied that he had caused a "diplomatic incident," confirming his remarks, saying: "I think that's all true, France is one of the countries that because of the printing of the currencies of 14 African countries that prevent their growth and contribute to the departure of refugees. To face the question of decolonization from Africa ".
Salveni and De Mayo have made clear their support for the "yellow jackets" movement that is undermining President Macaron's authority.
Salfini accused the French president of ruling "against his people" and expressed hope that he would leave "as soon as possible."