Italy has made its voice heard in EU under me - Meloni

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 5 - Premier Giorgia Meloni said Italy has been a lead player at the EU level under her, especially on shaping the bloc's approach to the issue of migrants, in an interview published in Monday's edition of Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun.
    "The government has played a key role in Brussels in recent months, making Italy's voice heard authoritatively and contributing to the debate on the major issues," said Meloni, who is on an official visit to Japan and is having a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday.
    She hailed the "cultural turning point" with which the other states and EU institutions have "progressively" come to agree with the Italian position on the management of the migration, favouring a focus on the "external dimension as a way to limit departures". (ANSA).