Salvini (left) described Macron as a warmonger (Reuters)
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini accused French President Emmanuel Macron of endangering Europe by opening the door to the idea of sending Western forces to Ukraine.
Salvini said - during a gathering held in Rome today, Saturday, for right-wing and nationalist European leaders in preparation for the European Parliament elections scheduled for next June - that Macron’s proposal to send forces to Ukraine is “extremely dangerous, excessive, and unbalanced.”
The Italian official continued in his speech, in which he stressed the values of conservative families, "I believe that President Macron, with his words, poses a danger to our country and our continent."
He added, "The problem does not lie with mothers and fathers, but rather with warmongers like Macron. They talk about war as if there is no problem currently."
"I do not want to leave to our children a continent that is preparing to enter into a Third World War," Salvini said.
This Italian politician had previously expressed his admiration for Russian President Vladimir Putin, and said in a comment on the results of the recent presidential elections, which Putin won, "When people vote, they are always right."
Salvini leads the far-right Northern League party, which is participating in the government coalition headed by Giorgia Meloni, and also holds the position of Minister of Transport.
During the gathering organized by the “Identity and Democracy” bloc in the European Parliament, the leader of the far-right Portuguese Chiga Party, which made a major leap in general elections this March, also spoke, as well as the leader of the Austrian Freedom Party, Harald Willemski, and former US presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
The leader of the extreme right in France, Marine Le Pen, did not participate in this meeting, and was limited to sending a message via video.
Macron's statements last month - in which he refused to rule out sending troops to Ukraine - sparked a strong response from Germany and other European partners.
Source: French