Germany and Italy Face Off in Row Over Arrest of Migrant Ship Captain
1st July 2019
“Those who save human life cannot be criminals,” Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German president said. “Italy is a founding state of the European Union. We expect a country like Italy to handle such a case differently.”
“We ask the German president to take care of what is happening in Germany and perhaps to invite his fellow citizens to avoid breaking Italian laws,” Matteo Salvini, the Italian interior minister, countered on Twitter.
Troublt in paradise?