Analysis - The far-right Italian Prime Minister has reached out to Africa - but is it only about immigration?
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has proven more palatable than many Western leaders feared when this right-wing politician - some even called her a neo-fascist - became Italy's prime minister in 2022. After all, she and her hard-right Fratelli d'Italia party belong in the same political stable as the likes of France's Marine le Pen and the National Rally.
She also seems to share some of the EU's views on immigration - though her critics would probably say that's more because she has brought Brussels into her orbit than vice versa. The agreement was controversial in the EU, with some member states saying they weren't properly consulted before it was reached. Their concern included Von der Leyen doing a deal with Saied, who has been dragging Tunisia down the slippery slope of autocracy.
The summit inaugurated the year of Italy's G7 presidency and allowed Meloni to punt her so-called Mattei Plan for Africa, ostensibly based on the 'cooperation as equals' principle. It has six pillars - education, health, energy, water, agriculture and infrastructure.
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