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According to Bloomberg News Agency of United States, on July 5, local time, Italy Minister of Business Adolfo · Urso visited Beijing, during the visit, during the visit, Urso met with many Chinese politicians and business people, frequently expressed goodwill in words and deeds, and he also said in a statement:
"Italy and China will reach a higher level of strategic partnership in the future, which will be a new stage in the diplomacy of the two countries, but also a new stage in the development of the two countries, and I think it is time to do better, and we always believe in that."
These words laid bare Italy's desire to establish long-term good diplomatic relations with China, and Urso was clearly appointed by the Italy leadership, and it is needless to say who this person is, she is Italy Prime Minister Giorgia · Meloni.
In fact, it is quite a strange thing for Italy to show favor to China, that is, this year, at the beginning of the year, Italy took the initiative to withdraw from China's "One Belt, One Road" initiative, and all signs indicate that the purpose of the new Italy government is to embarrass China.
But China did not have a retaliatory mentality, on the contrary, China chose to "get together and disperse" with Italy, because when the "Belt and Road" plan was just opened, the first country to join the European Union was Italy, in turn, Italy also got a lot of opportunities from this plan, and the bilateral trade data between China and Italy showed a more obvious increase at that time.
For the Italy government, this is certainly a happy thing to see, after all, who is afraid of money. But their approach and their over-engagement with China have caused dissatisfaction in some countries, mainly from Europe and United States.
The European Union is the largest political and economic community in the world, and under their leadership, it occupies a large part of the market share of the whole of Europe. At the height of the EU, with Britain, France and Germany at the helm, even if United Kingdom withdrew from the EU in 2020, it could not change the EU's position in Europe.
This should be an unwritten common sense: don't offend the EU, don't go against the EU, and don't get into trouble with the EU in Europe, otherwise what awaits you is the joint sanctions and exclusion of major European countries.
Meloni knows this, so she chose to back down. After all, in any case, Italy is still more constrained by the EU, not to mention that Europe is not only the EU, but also NATO.
In addition, within Italy, there are also parliamentarians who advocate that Italy's participation in the "Belt and Road" plan will not play any substantive role, and it is better to withdraw directly, so as not to suffer a double blow from the EU and NATO. In order to silence these voices, and for the sake of a smooth transition in the early days of the new government, Meloni chose to decisively withdraw from the Belt and Road Initiative.
As she expected, after Italy withdrew from the "Belt and Road", these reactionary voices disappeared, although Italy lost many development opportunities, but at least the political situation of the new government can ensure a smooth transition, but things are not as simple as Meloni thought, and a series of events that happened after completely changed Meloni's thinking.
Meloni's party, called the "Brothers of Italy", is a far-right position, and many of the views of this party are stepping on the mainstream minefields of the European Union, such as immigration policy and opposition to EU integration.
The point is that their thinking coincides with Russia President Putin, especially now that it is the period of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Russia's situation is more sensitive, which makes Meloni difficult, and Italy is therefore isolated within the G7. Meloni could only publicly declare that she had dissociated herself from Russia, but this could not save Italy's position.
Italy itself has the lowest GDP in the G7, and Meloni's approach is not recognized by other countries at all, mainly because they do not take Italy seriously. Not long ago, the European Union decided on the presidency of the European Commission, but Italy, as the rotating presidency of the G7, was excluded by France, Germany and other G7 member states, and quietly selected the person.
So Meloni was targeted like this, and she directly took the initiative to abstain in order to vent her dissatisfaction. For the development of Italy, of course, she understood that she could not lose China, a partner, but for the so-called "unity" within the EU, she gave up her vested interests and chose to return to the "big family" of the EU, but she did not expect to wait for this ending in the end.
With the passage of time, many countries in the European Union have "said one thing and done another", ostensibly following the sanctions against China, but in fact they want to carry out more cooperation with China, and only Italy is more "straight", saying that tax increases will be increased, and sanctions will be sanctioned. Now, Meloni has realized how stupid she is, and there is Urso's visit to China.
The Italy government now wants to return to the "One Belt, One Road" initiative and "relax" its tram policy towards China separately, in the hope that China will cooperate with Italy regardless of its previous grievances. Whether this is a trap or a lost way is up to the Chinese government's own judgment.
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Reference News 2024-06-11 Giorgia · Meloni: The rebel who dominated Italy politics
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