Waters stirred on the front of the Italian Coast Guard Ship Eighteen where there are still 150 migrants on board, divided as follows: 130 Eritreans, 10 migrants from the Comoro Islands, six Bengalis, two Syrians, one Egyptian and one Somali. The summit in Brussels between the various "Sherpas" of the member countries did not bring any results. The EU Commission spokesman also said that Italian threats not to contribute to the EU budget worsen the situation. Di Maio had revealed the issue of the 20 billion euro that Italy would not have paid, to keep the story warm and not let it fall into the bureaucratic mesh of the Union. Failure to comply with this annual payment would be in contrast with the regulations signed and would cause Italy penalties for violating one of the core principles of the community. The Farnesina is working to find a solution by itself. Foreign Minister Moavero met the Hungarian Ambassador in Rome to test his willingness to accept a part of the migrants. Availability rejected to the sender. Matteo Salvini, however, will soon meet the Hungarian leader Orban in Milan, to team up with the Visegrad countries (Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia) in reinforcing the position of rejection of migrants.
On the political level, the Italian premier Giuseppe Conte was put on the corner, as Salvini and Di Maio are compact on the line taken. Only the president of the Camera Fico is against the ironwork of party colleague Luigi Di Maio.
The Quirinale remotely controls the affair and, at the moment, does not want to interfere in a question with uncertain developments that could have significant political effects. The sussidiario.net newspaper spoke of contacts between Gianni Letta and the highest hill in Rome. We would be talking about an external support of Berlusconi to a possible technical government.
Vice Premier and Minister of the Interior Matteo Salvini, in this regard, sends a clear message, "if the government defeats me, I'm ready to resign”, The reference is to the“ unpleasant ”story still fresh, when the Quirinale asked Conte to let the migrants get off at Pozzallo. Salvini's resignation would create a "liquid" political storm. A circumstance that nobody even wants to imagine, since the return to the elections would be a plebiscite for the Northern League leader. Hence the probable choice of a technical government to lead the country during the next national and international commitments (in September there is a fear of a speculative effect of the markets to the detriment of Italy due to spreads).
In the meantime, the Agrigento prosecutor has announced that the prosecutor Luigi Patronaggio will be in Rome to hear from some officials of the Interior Ministry. The League Deputy Prime Minister, however, immediately said, “If this magistrate wants to understand something, I recommend that he avoid the intermediate steps. Since there is this alleged kidnapper and torturer, I am available to be questioned ”.
The investigation aims to ascertain whether or not the deprivation of personal freedom of refugees is legitimate in the absence of judicial measures. In the event that, as assumed by the Prosecutor's Office, a crime has been committed, the magistrates, who are proceeding at the moment against unknown persons, will have to identify those responsible for the violation by going up the chain of command to those who prevented the landing. Hence the need to hear the officials of the Ministry of the Interior who dealt with the case tomorrow in Rome.
Diciotti therefore launched a new request "to authorize the landing of the survivors rescued due to the extremely critical situation on board". Salvini, in this regard, would be evaluating "the possibility of proceeding with the identification and recognition of migrants in order to identify real refugees, who are the minority, from fake refugees".