“For the first time, I received death threats because I signed the cooperation protocol with Albania for the migratory“, said the Italian Prime Minister Georgia Melonion Rai public television.

“I will do everything I can to bring tangible results to this cooperation,” Meloni added, referring to the two Italian closed centers for asylum seekers that have been set up in northern Albania.

“If we continue to follow this course, I will declare that Italy is not a safe country after all. When some people claim this about Bangladesh – we are talking about 180 million people – it is like saying “come to Italy comfortably”. Some have set themselves the goal of hindering the fight against irregular immigration,” the head of the Italian government emphasized. In her view, the decision by the Bologna judges to ask the EU court to rule on the Rome government’s decree on safe countries of origin for migrants “looks more like a propaganda pamphlet than a judicial document.” ».

Commenting on the decision by two of the country’s three largest unions, CGIL and UIL, to call a general strike against the draft state budget for November 29, Meloni accused the unions of “prejudiced behaviour”. He added, finally, that “this announcement to resort to a general strike was made a few days before their meeting with the government, regarding the draft budget of 2025”.