Turin, 19 Aug. (LaPresse) – “Migrants? A non-issue. We’re wasting time discussing five immigrants instead of figuring out what to do if Putin attacks Europe.” This is what Carlo Calenda, leader of Azione, said in an interview with *Corriere della Sera*. “Italy, in an attempt to rival Vannacci, has made a completely idiotic move. It has closed the Schengen border to Spain. And this has opened Pandora’s box, given that for years it has been sending everyone who arrived to the EU,” he explains. “We have triggered a race to see who can be the toughest. With Germany, in an attempt to keep up with the AfD, wanting to turn back ‘Dublin cases’. The Italian government has committed political suicide and now doesn’t know how to get out of it. But there’s another emergency. Namely, that Russia, in the meantime, has built ten drone launch pads on Europe’s eastern borders.” Isn’t this alarmist? “No, if we connect the dots. A US intelligence source speaks of an imminent attack on Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. The New York Times leads with a report on Russia attempting to subvert the elections in Moldova, including through training camps in Serbia and Bosnia. There is a NATO plan to respond to a Russian attack on the Baltic states. And that’s not all,” continues Calenda. “In Poland, for the first time, a Russian has been recruited to kill a Ukrainian-American citizen. And then there’s the explosion at the factory in Colleferro, which also produced weapons of war.” Minister Crosetto rules out terrorist attacks. “He said we have no evidence. But there’s a strange coincidence. News of the explosion was given maximum prominence across all Russian social media and news channels. Crosetto must rule out any connection. I’d like a report from the intelligence services,” he continues. When you connect the dots, what emerges? “A very acute crisis. The entire international press is talking about it; only we’re in a bubble and talking only about Lavitola and five migrants,” Calenda emphasises.
Migrants: Calenda says, “The government got it wrong and is now competing to see who can be the toughest”
Turin, 19 Aug. (LaPresse) – “Migrants? A non-issue. We’re wasting time discussing five immigrants instead of figuring out what to do if Putin attacks Europe.” This is what Carlo Calenda, leader of Azione, said in an interview with *Corriere della Sera*. “Italy, in an attempt to rival Vannacci, has made a completely idiotic move. It has closed the Schengen border to Spain. And this has opened Pandora’s box, given that for years it has been sending everyone who arrived to the EU,” he explains. “We have triggered a race to see who can be the toughest. With Germany, in an attempt to keep up with the AfD, wanting to turn back ‘Dublin cases’. The Italian government has committed political suicide and now doesn’t know how to get out of it. But there’s another emergency. Namely, that Russia, in the meantime, has built ten drone launch pads on Europe’s eastern borders.” Isn’t this alarmist? “No, if we connect the dots. A US intelligence source speaks of an imminent attack on Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. The New York Times leads with a report on Russia attempting to subvert the elections in Moldova, including through training camps in Serbia and Bosnia. There is a NATO plan to respond to a Russian attack on the Baltic states. And that’s not all,” continues Calenda. “In Poland, for the first time, a Russian has been recruited to kill a Ukrainian-American citizen. And then there’s the explosion at the factory in Colleferro, which also produced weapons of war.” Minister Crosetto rules out terrorist attacks. “He said we have no evidence. But there’s a strange coincidence. News of the explosion was given maximum prominence across all Russian social media and news channels. Crosetto must rule out any connection. I’d like a report from the intelligence services,” he continues. When you connect the dots, what emerges? “A very acute crisis. The entire international press is talking about it; only we’re in a bubble and talking only about Lavitola and five migrants,” Calenda emphasises.