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A phone call from Tirana puts Meloni in a 'fight' with Macron!

2025-05-19 13:25:47Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
A phone call from Tirana puts Meloni in a 'fight' with Macron!
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has issued a warning about "selfishness" among European leaders, after a bitter diplomatic clash erupted between her and French President Emmanuel Macron .

The clash began on Friday during the European Political Community summit in Albania.

During this summit, Meloni was not invited to participate in a joint call with Donald Trump.

She told Italian journalists that she was expelled because of her refusal to send troops to Ukraine as part of a proposed " coalition of the willing ."

President Macron, who was on the call along with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Polish President Donald Tusk and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, accused Meloni of spreading disinformation.

"The discussion was about a ceasefire, not spreading false information. There is enough of that coming from Russia," the French president said.

Meloni met with Chancellor Merz in Rome, the day before the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV, in an attempt to ease tensions.

However, after the meeting she called on all leaders to "put aside selfishness" and focus on building a united front for a peace agreement that does not imply Ukraine's surrender.

Italian media described the prime minister's absence from the Albania summit call as a deliberate exclusion, suggesting that Macron had not wanted her participation.

On Saturday, Meloni told reporters that Italy is ready to join any international format aimed at ending the war, but warned against divisions within the West.

“Western unity has been our greatest strength since the beginning of the Russian invasion,” she said. “At such a delicate moment, it is important to put aside any personal differences that could undermine that unity.”

At the meeting in Rome, Chancellor Merz said: " We must not allow it to be divided ."

He added: " I will hold talks in the EU over the coming days and will include Italy in all our efforts to resolve this conflict ."

Relations between Melon and Macron have long been frosty. Melon has even been caught on camera rolling his eyes after shaking hands with the French president in previous meetings.

The Italian Prime Minister has been a strong supporter of Ukraine and has also built close personal relationships with Donald Trump.

But she has been highly critical of plans to send troops to Ukraine as peacekeepers to monitor a permanent ceasefire.

For several days, Meloni has been under great pressure from the opposition and critics in Italy, who say she is being overlooked by European leaders.

Pressure on the White House

Meanwhile, German Chancellor Merz, President Macron, and British Prime Minister Starmer are pushing forward discussions with the White House regarding Ukraine.

Initially, it was a train trip to Kiev, then on Friday a meeting and finally a joint phone call with Trump, on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in Tirana, attended by 40 European leaders.

The call with Trump came after peace talks between Russia and Ukraine failed in Istanbul that same day.

The group that participated in the conversation, which included Ukrainian President Zelensky but not Meloni, subsequently published a statement calling Russia's demands unacceptable.

Trump is expected to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, after his vice president held a direct conversation with Zelensky on the sidelines of the Pope's Mass on Sunday.

Putin declared on Sunday that Russia has the "strength and resources" to finish what it started with the invasion of Ukraine.

"We have enough strength and resources to bring what was started in 2022 to a logical conclusion, with the result that Russia needs," he said, without giving further details.

Also on Sunday, Russia launched its heaviest drone attack on Ukraine since the start of the invasion in 2022, launching a total of 273 drones overnight, according to the Ukrainian air force./ The Telegraph 


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