"Mer…" and slams the microphone. Insults between Salvini and Asselborn
Reporting of F.F.
Quarrel in Vienna at the meeting between Interior Ministers. “Stop importing migrants”. And the head of EU foreign affairs blurts out
Of Matteo Cartaldo
Matteo Salvini was talking about his immigration policies when the Luxembourg head of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs, Jean Asselborn, he interrupted, giving rise to a harsh exchange of words in front of the other European colleagues.
The Northern League member is in Vienna today for the summit with EU ministers and between one jab and another against the UN he also had to deal with the grumblings of his Luxembourg counterpart.
In the video (guard) of Salvini's report, you hear the minister say that “I heard some colleagues say that we need immigrants because we are getting older. But I have a completely different perspective”. The Northern League member's speech was clear: “I think I am today and paid by my citizens to help young people to help them have children again. And not to remove the best of young Africans and replace young Europeans”.
The words of the Italian deputy prime minister, however, did not please the Luxembourg minister who was sitting next to him. “I don't know if these needs exist in Luxembourg, we in Italy help our children to have more children. Not to have new slaves to replace the children we no longer have”. At that point, removed a few seconds of delay due to the translation, Asselborn can be heard muttering into the microphone “Go away on time”, mimicking Salvini: “bla, bla, bla…”
Immediately Salvini he simply replied that those are his positions, legitimate. But then the real verbal clash began. “I didn't interrupt her politely”, says Salvini. But Asselborn loses his temper and snaps: “In Luxembourg, dear sir, we had thousands of Italians who came to work with us, of migrants, so that you in Italy could have money for your children”. And then he concludes with a colorful expression: “Shit, SO”.
In the video (guard) of Salvini's report, you hear the minister say that “I heard some colleagues say that we need immigrants because we are getting older. But I have a completely different perspective”. The Northern League member's speech was clear: “I think I am today and paid by my citizens to help young people to help them have children again. And not to remove the best of young Africans and replace young Europeans”.
The words of the Italian deputy prime minister, however, did not please the Luxembourg minister who was sitting next to him. “I don't know if these needs exist in Luxembourg, we in Italy help our children to have more children. Not to have new slaves to replace the children we no longer have”. At that point, removed a few seconds of delay due to the translation, Asselborn can be heard muttering into the microphone “Go away on time”, mimicking Salvini: “bla, bla, bla…”
Immediately Salvini he simply replied that those are his positions, legitimate. But then the real verbal clash began. “I didn't interrupt her politely”, says Salvini. But Asselborn loses his temper and snaps: “In Luxembourg, dear sir, we had thousands of Italians who came to work with us, of migrants, so that you in Italy could have money for your children”. And then he concludes with a colorful expression: “Shit, SO”.
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