The Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, reacted to the spicy event, where four Italian tourists ran away without paying from a restaurant in Berat.
The payment that Meloni made to the bill caused a sensation in Italy and the Italian Prime Minister said that she was the one who paid the bill and it is not the money from the state budget. She was recently criticized by the opposition and therefore decided to give an answer.
"While I was in Albania, Prime Minister Rama told me the story of 4 Italians who ran away from a restaurant without paying the bill. The owner of the restaurant, after the video of the escape went viral, said he was still happy because our compatriots had eaten well and were happy.
I am ashamed, because the Italy that I want to represent is not a nation that makes itself speak out about these things, that does not respect the work of others, that thinks it is funny doing this to others. So I decided to ask the ambassador to go put together the bill, which I paid personally. No big deal, in fact I didn't even report it.
However, this has also created controversy in Italy, from an opposition that apparently prefers another image of Italy. I'm sorry because I was hoping that at least everyone would agree on something so trivial," said Meloni
The Italian embassy in our country clarified that the bill of about 80 euros was paid by Meloni.