Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Taiani believes that French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin’s statements about illegal immigration are an insult not only to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, but to all Italians. said in statements to the newspaper Corriere della. Serra, Italian: “We are a great democratic country with a thousand years of history and the founder of the European Union. No foreign minister can afford what this man (Darmanin) did. Regardless of the Italian government and the presidency of the Council of Ministers, his statements offended everyone Italians.”
In turn, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was unable to solve the problems of illegal immigration in Italy, adding that the country was suffering from a “very serious” immigration crisis.
Taiani was a member of the Italian Parliament for Central Italy for the Forza Italia party from 2004 to 2008 and served on the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament.
He was vice-chairman of the European Parliament’s committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs and a member of its delegation for relations with Israel. He was a member of the European Assembly, which initiated the texts of the European constitution, which never entered into force.
Tajani oversaw the development of the EU transport regulation, including clarification of the rights of air passengers.