Deputy Premier and Transport Minister
Matteo Salvini on Thursday said he didn't agree with Foreign
Minister Antonio Tajani, who is also deputy premier, when he
said he was in favour of a European army.
"I don't agree with Tajani on the European army.
"What would a European army led by France and Germany do today:
would it go to war?", said Salvini.
"I agree Europe must be helped defend itself but what guarantee
would we have today", Salvini added on the sidelines of the
inauguration of the Ponte dell'Industria in Rome.
On Thursday, Tajani said the centre-right Forza Italia (FI)
party he
eads is "in favour of a common EU army", when asked about the
League's position against such a possibility on the sidelines of
a European People's Party (EPP) summit.
Earlier this month, Salvini said there will never be an EU army
led by a "mad" French President Emmanuel Macron, amid French-led
moves to set up a European army and possibly send peacekeepers
to police a future Ukraine peace deal.
Italy's ambassador to Paris, Emanuela D'Alessandro, was
reportedly received at the French foreign ministry last Thursday
after Salvini's comments on Macron, according to French media
reports.
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