
EU Court Advisor Sides With Meloni Government in Migrant Transfers Case
The Advocate General’s opinion supports the use of “safe country” rules at the heart of Italy’s deal with Albania, despite pushback from national courts.
The Advocate General’s opinion supports the use of “safe country” rules at the heart of Italy’s deal with Albania, despite pushback from national courts.
The incident has sparked political backlash, with a government leader condemning the symbolic act as an intimidation attempt.
Brussels gave green light to Rome to proceed with the transferring of migrants to offshore ‘reception’ facilities.
All the Italian PM did was remind liberal opposition MPs that leftist-inspired federalism was already part of the Europe discourse in 1941.
The Italian government will introduce electronic tracking for migrants and turn its offshore centers into repatriation hubs, sidestepping judicial roadblocks.
This is a historic step and that it must maintain in the interest of freedom and democracy.
“If some judges want to govern, they should run for elections,” PM Meloni said while the judiciary boasts about not obeying her government’s new rules.
Europe holds its breath for the success of the Albania protocol as leftist judges prepare their next steps.
The opposition should remember their involvement in the ‘Qatargate’ bribes before trying to accuse the PM of selling out to the Gulf state.
Left-wing judges and politicians will no doubt again be out in force to see that these migrants are ‘returned’—that is, to Italy rather than to their countries of origin.