Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó “has now come out against the new Italian leftist coalition government, stating that the borders of Europe were safer when Matteo Salvini was in office.”
Szijjártó is right. Two months ago, Libyan leader Fayez al-Sarraj threatened the EU with 800,000 more migrants; Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also vowed to flood Europe with more migrants. Italians have every reason for concern, given the fact that the new government intends to fling open the doors to Muslim migration, a move that was fiercely opposed by Salvini. His opposition continues. Days ago, Salvini addressed a crowd of 80,000 and called for an immigration referendum. He promised to trigger referendums “to block the new leftist coalition from opening Italy’s borders to mass migration.”
Despite the collapse of the populist coalition of the Five Star Movement and Salvini’s Lega League, Salvini still remains popular among Italians. He is their most trusted political leader, and that is no surprise.
“Hungarian Minister: With Salvini Europe Was Safe,” by Chris Tomlinson, Breitbart, September 20, 2019:
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó has come out against the new Italian leftist coalition government, stating that the borders of Europe were safer when Matteo Salvini was in office.
The 40-year-old minister spoke out about the new coalition’s move to reopen Italy’s ports to migrant transport NGOs, saying Italy had been successful stopping illegal migration with Salvini as interior minister and the change of government had led to a shift which he felt regret over, Il Giornale reports.
The Hungarian added that the move to open the ports was “deplorable and dangerous” and said that Italy has sent a signal to migrants overseas to “march for Europe”.
Szijjártó praised former populist interior minister Matteo Salvini, who leads the League (Lega) party, saying he had “contributed to giving more security to Europe” during his time as minister.
“Illegal immigration can be stopped. It is a lie to say that containing flows is impossible and that we need to think about redistribution. Salvini has shown that if there is the will to block landings it can be done,” he said.
Last weekend, Salvini spoke to a crowd of around 80,000 people in the small town of Pontida, promising to enact referendums if the leftist coalition opened the borders….