After this Saturday he wrote on Twitter that they are not working – “To date, those who have been sanctioned are winning, while those who have imposed the sanctions are on their knees” – this Sunday Matteo Salvini, the leader of the far – The right-wing Northern League and one of the candidates for the legislative elections on September 25 in the country, defended the end of the sanctions imposed by the West on Russia, first in a radio interview, then in a debate in an economic forum, which took place on the southern shore of Lake Como in Cernobbio.
Are you sanzioni stanno working? In the.
The oggi chi is stato sanzionito sta guadagnando, while chi ha meso le sanzioni is in ginocchio.
Obviously, anyone in Europe is sbagliando i conti: i repensare la strategia è fundamentale to save posti di lavoro e printed in Italy. pic.twitter.com/G2AgnTMrjB— Matteo Salvini (@matteosalvinimi) September 3, 2022
“Several months have passed and people are paying two, three or even four times more for their bills. And after seven months, the war continues and the coffers of the Russian Federation are filled with money”, said the ally of Giorgia Meloni, currently the main candidate for the head of the Italian government.
Assuring that he wants to “protect Ukraine” but not at any price -“I would not like this to mean that, instead of harming those sanctioned, we harm ourselves”-, the politician, known for his anti-immigration positions and who, in 2019, he called Vladimir Putin the “best statesman on the planet”, defended the need for “a European shield” that can, as happened during the pandemic, protect companies and families.
Mateo Salvini z którym chce się spotkać Kaczyński i rozmawiać o przyszłości Europy. pic.twitter.com/WgUbkbbveR
— Przemysław Grabowski (@pkgrabowski) January 5, 2019
This Saturday, in the aforementioned publication on Twitter, he had already said something similar: “It is evident that someone in Europe has made a bad calculation. It is essential to rethink the strategy to save jobs and companies in Italy”.
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On the sidelines of Cernobbio 2022, the opposition spoke out against this position. As expected, Enrico Letta, of the Democratic Party, accused Salvini of defending Russian interests: “I don’t think Putin would have said it better,” he wrote this Saturday on Twitter. “When I listen to Salvini talk about sanctions, I feel like I’m listening to Putin’s propaganda,” he told reporters on Sunday.
I think #Putin non l’avrebbe detta meglio. https://t.co/ySCy1pRjXZ
— Enrico Letta (@EnricoLetta) September 3, 2022
Meloni, also from the extreme right and from the beginning an apologist for support for Ukraine and sanctions against Russia, also had no reservations: “If Italy separates from its allies, nothing changes for Ukraine, but a lot changes for us,” he warned. “A serious nation that wants to defend its interests must take a credible position.”
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Source: Observadora
