“France, Italy, Spain, and England will be at war. Blood will flow in the streets. Frenchman will fight Frenchman, Italian will fight Italian. A general war will follow which will be appalling. For a time, God will cease to remember France and Italy because the Gospel of Jesus Christ has been forgotten. The wicked will make use of all their evil ways. Men will kill each other; massacre each other even in their homes. Our Lady of La Salette 19 Sept. 1846 (Published by Mélanie 1879)
Italy threatens to scrap Macron meeting over migrant boat row
A meeting between Italy’s prime minister and the French president is in doubt amid an ugly spat between the two countries over Rome’s refusal to take in a migrant rescue ship.
Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is due to hold talks with French President Emmanuel Macron on the contentious issue of migration on Friday ahead of a European summit.
But the meeting has been thrown into doubt as the two countries trade barbs over the treatment of more than 600 migrants rescued off the Libyan coast at the weekend.
The migrants were stranded on the NGO vessel Aquarius until Spain said the ship could land at its port of Valencia. It is expected to arrive there late on Saturday.
Macron accused Italy's new populist government of "cynicism and irresponsibility" for closing its ports to the 629 migrants, comments Rome blasted as “unacceptable”.
"Such statements are undermining relations between Italy and France," Italy's foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday after summoning the French ambassador.
Matteo Salvini, the powerful interior minister and deputy PM, said Conte’s meeting with Macron should be cancelled if France did not issue an "official apology". Source
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