Italy: Paris says it is “vigilant of the rule of law”, outraged Meloni – Le Figaro

The French Secretary of State for European Affairs, Laurence Boone, had insisted on the precedents of Poland and Hungary. The declarations of a French minister affirming that Paris will be “very vigilant” on the respect of the rule of law in Italy provoked the anger of the probable future Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday, who denounced an “unacceptable threat”. Paris will work with the next Italian government, responds: “We will be very vigilant about respecting the values ​​and rules of the rule of law”. To read also Giorgia Meloni: “The Italian turn” “The EU has already demonstrated its vigilance with regard to other countries such as Hungary and Poland”, she adds. These statements, which echo the concerns already expressed by French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, provoked the ire of Giorgia Meloni, whose post-fascist party Fratelli d’Italia won the legislative elections of September 25. The future Prime Minister of the third economy in the euro zone, whose government should take office by the end of October, denounced on Facebook “an unacceptable threat of interference against a sovereign state member of the European Union”. With these declarations, the French minister “replies the blunder made by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne,” she adds. On September 26, the day after Giorgia Meloni’s victory, Élisabeth Borne warned that France would be “attentive” to “respect” human rights and the right of women to have an abortion. Meloni have become a “respectable” party “I am confident that the French government will immediately deny these statements,” says Giorgia Meloni. “The era of governments led by the PD (Democratic Party, main left-wing party, Editor’s note) which seek protection abroad is over, I believe that is clear to everyone, both in Italy and abroad. abroad”, she concludes. Giorgia Meloni’s coalition has an absolute majority in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, and civil rights activists fear a significant setback in civil rights, from abortion to same-sex marriage, with the coming to power of parties defending “family and traditional values”. “Yes to natural families, no to the LGBT lobby! Yes to sexual identity, no to gender ideology! Yes to the culture of life, no to the abyss of death!” had notably proclaimed a boosted Giorgia Meloni during a speech in June in Spain. The fears that a government led by Giorgia Meloni could violate fundamental principles of the EU are probably “exaggerated”, had however estimated for AFP before the elections Mabel Berezin, sociologist of the American university Cornell.