Italy’s candidacy is putting EU governments in a difficult position. The UK meanwhile is lobbying Italy to drop its bid.
LONDON — Italy is banking on European Union governments backing its bid to host next year’s UN flagship climate change summit, despite its deputy prime minister’s sketchy record on the issue.
BuzzFeed News can also reveal that the British government is on a “charm offensive,” lobbying Italy to drop its bid, and has pitched a collaborative proposal.a group of countries known as the"Western European and Other States," As a member of the European Parliament, Matteo Salvini, now Italy’s deputy prime minister and leader of Lega,the Paris agreement, while his party abstained from a vote in the Italian parliament to ratify the accords.
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