Giorgia Meloni welcomes Ursula von der Leyen in Lampedusa after appeal over migrant crisis

Giorgia Meloni welcomes Ursula von der Leyen in Lampedusa after appeal over migrants crisisSource: Reuters

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00:00 As you have seen, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has immediately

00:14 accepted the invitation that I had formulated to come here to Lampedusa to personally take

00:20 account of the situation.

00:21 But I want to say that I do not consider this a gesture of solidarity of Europe towards

00:26 Italy, I consider it rather a gesture of responsibility of Europe towards itself, because

00:32 these are the borders of Italy, but they are also the borders of Europe.

00:35 [BLANK_AUDIO]