The president of the Chamber Roberto Fico goes to Pozzallo and goes in counter-phase with respect to the government line. During the visit he told the press: "I would not have closed the ports, immigration must speak with intelligence and heart".
A heavy sentence that contrasts with the declaration by Minister Matteo Salvini who announced a new standoff against an NGO ship, the Open Arms flying the Spanish flag, which welcomed 60 people on board rescued from Libyan waters.
"This ship is in the waters of Sar of Libya, nearest port Malta, association and flag of Spain: forget to arrive in an Italian port. Stop the mafia of human trafficking: fewer people leave, fewer people die ", warned Salvini adding a chapter to the now long series of attacks on non-governmental organizations operating between Italy and Libya.
Fico does not explicitly mention the minister, but underlines: "When we talk about NGOs we need to understand what we want to understand. They do an extraordinary job. The Palermo investigation filed, the Catania investigation for a year does not extract a spider from the hole. So you have to understand well who you speak and who finances it, if you do not do bad information. NGOs in the Mediterranean have saved migrants. The NGOs who have worked here in Pozzallo have done an extraordinary job, as confirmed by the quaestor, the mayor and the prefecture ". A clash that Fico seems to lead alone, against his majority. From Milan, Luigi Di Maio stigmatizes the "journeys of hope that the NGOs unfortunately in recent years have either supported or managed without coordinating with the Libyan coast guard, as happened for the Life Line". In short, not really the "extraordinary work" that Roberto Fico talks about. The political leader of the M5s, also dwells on the conclusions of the summit yesterday. The reading is the one that sees Italy betrayed by other countries, guilty of having renounced the word at the last moment. "One thing must be clear: we give 20 billions of euros a year to the European Union; if these gentlemen after signing a document, after a few hours deny that document, it means that perhaps we have to review those 20 billion, seen and considered that as soon as we get a half result these deeds immediately take a step back ", warns the minister of Economic Development. The applause that Fico does not receive from his majority comes from the opposition. And 'Maurizio Martina, secretary regent of the Democratic Party, to sign word for word what was said by the President of the Chamber: "I appreciated the words of this morning of President Roberto Fico. They are just words. Now I hope that he wants to move towards the majority of the government and in his movement because it reflects seriously on the situation and stops wrong choices such as those made up to here by the executive ". Forza Italia, on the contrary, asks the President of the Council, Giuseppe Conte, to report in Parliament on what he considers a "failure": "We believe it necessary at this point that Conte explain what happened to the European Council in Parliament indicating the road that his government intends to follow in the management of the migratory phenomenon.