“I could never complain about those who defend their national interests,” Italian PM Giorgia Meloni said in Warsaw, signaling support for Poland and Hungary’s sovereigntist position after vetoing the Migration Pact last week.
Illegal migrants are getting bolder and more aggressive at the border, but Polish authorities also brace for possible destabilization attempts coming from the 8,000 Wagner fighters relocated in the neighboring Belarus.
For all its talk of rule of law and democracy, the EU appears determined to ‘fix’ its broken migration system by politically punishing the very countries that have done the most to prevent the problem. Later this week, we’ll find out how European leaders who disagree with this process intend to push back.
