Speeches

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we have discovered in Italy in recent days that politicians must also respect humanitarian law and respect the laws. What Mr Salvini did when he was in the position of Deputy Prime Minister in Italy, Minister of Transport, was beyond the law, especially beyond humanitarian law. He kidnapped men, women and children, leaving them in despair, in sickness, in total despair in the middle of the sea. This is not correct behaviour and humanitarian law must be respected: to save men, women and children in the sea, first of all.