France and Italy trade blows ahead of migration summitSky News, Jun 24, 2018, Mark Stone
The Italian and French governments have exchanged some remarkably undiplomatic language on the issue of migration as 16 EU leaders arrive in Brussels for a hastily arranged emergency meeting.
Italy's two deputy prime ministers accused French President Emmanuel Macron of being "arrogant" and said that France risked becoming Italy's "No. 1 enemy".
Writing on his Facebook page, Luigi Di Maio said: "Italy indeed faces a migration emergency and it's partly because France keeps pushing back people at the border. Macron risks making his country Italy's No.1 enemy on this emergency."
Mr Macron had said that Europe's migration challenge was not on the same level seen a few years ago.
He said that European co-operation had managed to cut migration flows by close to 80% and problems stemmed from "secondary"
movements of migrants once they arrive in Europe.
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