“Protagonists of European challenges” –

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani met the leader of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Friedrich Merz, in Berlin. “Synchrony, collaboration and friendship”, wrote the deputy prime minister in a message on in Rome in the coming months”, he added. This conversation is part of a framework of collaboration and union of objectives between the two countries. The Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, had a telephone conversation with Chancellor Olaf Scholz yesterday afternoon for a discussion on the hot topics on the international agenda, with a focus dedicated to the fight against irregular immigration on which the German government has imposed a round of lives.

The two Heads of Government discussed the main bilateral and international issues, starting from the conflict in Ukraine up to the tensions which have affected the Middle East in the last few hours. The focus of the phone call was above all irregular immigration. It was agreed to maintain a close connection on the topic in view of the next European Councils, with the aim of consolidating the link between the internal and external dimensions of EU migration policy, strengthening in particular the policies regarding partnerships with the countries of origin and transit of migrants, returns, fight against human traffickers and migration
legal.