Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Mocks Macron: If You Want to Send Troops to Ukraine, Go Yourself
Europe is constantly performing a show of unity, but in the end, it has started quarreling internally.
On the 23rd, France and Italy had a heated argument over whether to send troops to Ukraine, and France summoned the Italian ambassador to express its protest.
The incident started earlier this week when French President Macron promoted the idea that after the war between Russia and Ukraine ends, Europe would send troops to Ukraine - a statement that was mocked by Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Salvini.
According to Reuters, Salvini used Milanese dialect to crudely tell Macron to "stay away": if Macron wants to send troops to Ukraine, let him "put on a helmet, wear body armor, and carry a gun" himself to Ukraine, because Italy's children will not die in Ukraine.
Salvini's vulgar language toward Macron naturally caused dissatisfaction from France, and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately summoned the Italian ambassador to express its protest.
In fact, Salvini as Italy's Deputy Prime Minister, yelling at Macron, is quite normal.
Because since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, among the European countries supporting Ukraine, France has always been the one that contributes the least but speaks the loudest - the so-called "European sending troops to Ukraine" was first proposed by Macron. He once openly threatened that Europe should send ground forces to Ukraine without needing Putin's approval.
But if you ask how many troops Macron is ready to send to Ukraine and when he plans to send them, he can't answer clearly, instead he keeps urging Europe to support his proposal.
Therefore, since Macron didn't get the consent of European countries, but spoke harshly against Russia on behalf of Europe, naturally, European countries like Italy are very angry.
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