Macron risks France to become Italy's No.1 enemy: Deputy PM

(MENAFN) Italy has condemned France, saying that the "arrogant" country could become its "No.1 enemy" on the migration crisis.

It comes one day ahead of European leaders' planned urgent meeting in Brussels on the divisive issue.

In his post on Facebook, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said "Italy indeed faces a migration emergency and it's partly because France keeps pushing back people at the border. Macron risks making his country Italy's No.1 enemy on this emergency."

French President Macron said "the reality is that Europe is not experiencing a migration crisis of the same magnitude as the one it experienced in 2015," adding "a country like Italy has not at all the same migratory pressure as last year. The crisis we are experiencing today in Europe is a political crisis."

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