"One more vote for Lega (political party in Italy), one less Albanian in Milan," has been one of the slogans of the party at the time when Salvini did not hide racism, the same Salvini who today revealed a sudden love for Albania. In a time of a pandemic like this, surely no one would remember Salvini's racist posts, but not after the video where he thanked the Albanian people.
The video of Prime Minister Rama talking about the Italian people and Albania's assistance to Italy through a team of 10 doctors and 20 nurses received considerable international attention . Salvini also expressed gratitude to the Albanian people, as much as he told people he had called Rama to thank him.
This love for Albania was unexpected because, based on early Twitter posts, until recently it did not seem like there was any worship for Albania, it even "protested" against the European Union and the fact that it gave Albania candidate status. EU.
Earlier, Salvin wrote that he wanted to give up Europe and leave it to the Albanians. ?Let's leave Europe to the Albanians. Let's go. What do you think?" he wrote.
We add that after the September 21 earthquake, the music magazine Rolling Stones Italy wrote on Twitter: ?The earthquake arrives in Italy from Albania, you see what happens when you keep the ports open? Except for the poor, half the houses in Apulia shake. ?
At first glance, the post sounded racist against Albanians, though there were many who pointed out that it was not actually a racist posting against Albanians, but rather the irony of Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's policy that stayed in office June 1, 2018 - September 5, 2019.
As you may have guessed, Salvini has maintained a strict attitude and policy towards immigrants, saying that from the open ports (where clandestine is concerned) the country only gets the worst. The same attitude Salvin had towards Albanian immigrants, whom he called "criminals", though he later clarified that he was "abused by the generalization" because he was referring only to persons involved in criminal activity.
His policy has also been sharply criticized by European Union bodies, which have noted that "no expatriate can be deported if his or her freedom and life in the country of origin are endangered."
Source: nextQuotidiano
