The Italian Prime Minister accused the president of “campaigning” by denouncing his position on abortion, omitted from the final declaration.
Special envoy to Bari (Italy)
When Emmanuel Macron gave Giorgia Meloni a gallant hand kiss, arriving at the Sueve Castle in Brindisi, Italy, for the dinner of G7 heads of state and government on Thursday evening, she greeted him with an icy look. Earlier in the day, the two leaders had exchanged very public skirmishes, cultivating an antagonism that has lasted since their first less than warm meeting, in October 2022, in a hotel in Rome, just after the rise to power of the leader of the post-fascist Fratelli d’Italia party.
The point of tension was the mention of the right to abortion in the G7 final declaration. Giorgia Meloni vigorously opposed the wording evoking “ access to safe and legal abortion and post-abortion care services ». The United States, France and the EU in particular wanted to keep these terms of the G7 declaration in Hiroshima in 2023 but had to give in to the red line of the head of government…
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