Dear Director Feltri,
There is a lot of talk about the so -called “willing”, among which Macron would push, as well as the British Stage Starmer. I wonder why to attribute this adjective to subjects who have not done anything good today to encourage peace.
What do you think about it?
Alessandro Romano
Dear Alessandro,
The term “willing” are indicated those countries, or first ministers, who believe they have taken the field in support of Ukraine, nation attacked, against the attacker, Russia. Officially the “coalition of the willing” was established on February 17, in Paris, on the initiative of Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer.
The willing should favor peace, i.e. the start of a dialogue between the two parties involved in the conflict, yet it seems that they do nothing but foment the conflict, through declarations, behaviors, proclaimed intentions and political-military proposals, such as sending troops to the front against Moscow, who raised the bar of tension, however in a delicate moment in which, through the intervention of the American president Donald. Trump, an exchange between Zelensky and Putin, although still not direct, seemed possible. I find Macron’s more willing Trump, which insists with this idea of the European army to be sent to Ukraine. And I find our premier Giorgia Meloni absolutely more willing, who has done very well to overcome certain dangerous and harmful positions, those of a French president who does not resign himself to the fact: he has become marginal on the world scenario, does not enjoy internal support and even prestigious internationally. Meloni once again showed his courage and stated the dignity of Italy, who does not adapt and does not chase the majority for mere comfort, but the one who considers it appropriate and correct. It is the attitude of a super power. The Prime Minister reiterated clearly, at the end of the last summit of the willing, held a few days ago, in Tirana, in whom she for consistently decided not to participate, to be contrary to the Macronian design that wants to send soldiers against Putin. This firmness has impressed me, despite now knowing the political qualities and the strength of this woman.
“We do not participate in formats that we do not share on the merits,” said Meloni, specifying with words to the whole world what he had already expressed with his absence, that is, with the facts: Italy is contrary to an extension of the war, which would happen without a shadow of a doubt, if our soldiers entered Ukrainian territory.
Italy is said to be isolated and that it will be excluded from peace negotiations, when there will be, as if the negotiations managed the willing. If anything, the exact opposite is. To manage and facilitate dialogue and interviews between Russia and Ukraine are not the willing, whose meetings are useless when it is good and harmful when it goes wrong, they are rather Turkey and the USA, which with the willingness have nothing to do.
Brava, Giorgia. Continue like this.
And I understand you: there are more productive ways to use your time than to not stay at the table with Macron to play naval battles.