Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wrote a post about the "hardworking propagandists of the regime" after Italian media highlighted Vladimir Solovyov's insults directed at her. She received support from Italian politicians.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni late on Tuesday, April 21, wrote a post on social media about the "hardworking propagandists of the regime." This came after widely discussed insults directed at her by Russian television host Vladimir Solovyov in the Italian media.
"By their nature, hardworking propagandists of the regime have no right to give lessons on either consistency or freedom. But these caricatures will certainly not make us change course. Unlike others, we are not dependent on anyone, we have no masters, and we do not take orders. We have only one guideline: the interests of Italy. And we will proudly follow it, despite the protests of propagandists from around the world," Meloni wrote. At the same time, she did not mention what specifically prompted her post.
A few hours before Meloni's post, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani stated that the Russian ambassador to Rome, Alexey Paramonov, was summoned to the Italian Foreign Ministry to "express an official protest regarding the extremely serious and offensive statements made by Russian television host Vladimir Solovyov against the Prime Minister."
What Solovyov Said
The reason for summoning the Russian ambassador were statements made by Solovyov in one of his broadcasts in both Italian and Russian. In particular, he called Meloni a "fascist creature who betrayed her voters" and "a disgrace to humanity." "Well, betrayal is her second name. She betrayed Trump, to whom she had sworn loyalty before," the television host said among other things.
Solovyov's words were widely covered in the Italian media. Publications about his remarks against Meloni, for example, appeared on the websites of the newspapers La Repubblica and Domani, the Sky Italia television channel, and the ANSA agency.
In addition, Italian politicians expressed support for the Prime Minister in light of Solovyov's statements. Besides Tajani, Italian President Sergio Mattarella expressed his solidarity, considering the Russian's words "vulgar." As Euronews reports, former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte called the insults "inexpressible," while the head of the parliamentary commission overseeing the state broadcaster RAI, Barbara Floridia, and representative of the Noi Moderati party, Mariastella Gelmini, deemed such comments unacceptable. Meloni was also supported by the head of the country's Democratic Party, Elly Schlein.
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