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December 22, 2020
In September 2019, Italy’s once anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) agreed to enter a governing alliance with the Democratic Party as well as the smaller centrist Italia Viva and leftist Liberi e Uguali (Free and Equal). By establishing a coalition government with what was considered its political nemesis, M5S managed to remain in office and to avoid early parliamentary elections. However, its influence has gradually weakened, as shown by its poor performance in local elections this year.
M5S’s declining political fortunes and the changing composition of the government have a significant foreign policy dimension, especially with regard to relations with the United States. The Democratic Party is considered as solidly Atlanticist. M5S, despite its evolution towards greater pragmatism over the years, is still perceived as the most pro-China actor in the political landscape and its approach to foreign policy is characterized by some ambiguity.
By Sami Zaptia.
Italian Prime Minister Conte and his Foreign Minister Di Maio visited Khalifa Hafter in Benghazi prior to the release of the Italian fishermen (Photo: General Command of the LNA).
London, 18 December 2020:
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said yesterday that the Italian fishermen arrested by eastern Libyan patrol boats had been released.
The announcement came after Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte, and his foreign minister Luigi Di Maio met Khalifa Hafter in Benghazi yesterday. Hafter is still in control in eastern Libya and the patrol boats that arrested the fishermen are under his control.
It will be recalled that 18 fishermen, mainly Italian but including Tunisians, were seized by Libyan patrol boats in September while fishing in the Mediterranean. They were accused of fishing in Libya’s territorial waters, a claim that Italy disputes.
2020-12-17 22:05:29 GMT2020-12-18 06:05:29(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ROME, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) Italian President Sergio Mattarella expressed his satisfaction for the release on Thursday of eight Italian fishermen, who were detained in Libya along with other 10 colleagues for over three months.
Their release was confirmed by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, who had flown to the Libyan city of Benghazi in the morning. The President of the Republic learned with great satisfaction from the Prime Minister the news of the release of our fishermen detained in Libya, said a statement by Mattarella s office.
The president also expressed his appreciation to the Italian foreign affairs ministry and the information and security services for the positive outcome of the incident, it said.
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