TOTAL Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/total/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 04 Sep 2018 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 TOTAL Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/total/ 32 32 Italy blames France for Libya’s crisis https://jjcornish.com/2018/09/italy-blames-france-for-libyas-crisis/ Tue, 04 Sep 2018 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2018/09/italy-blames-france-for-libyas-crisis/ Members of the Italian Cabinet and top politicians are blaming France for Italy’s crisis. Observers say the clashes egos between these two former colonial powers is compounding the troubles of the North African country. ends intro Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, Defence Minister Elizabetta Trenta and Foreign Minister Enzo Milanesi all condemn French meddling […]

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]]> Members of the Italian Cabinet and top politicians are blaming France for Italy’s crisis.

Observers say the clashes egos between these two former colonial powers is compounding the troubles of the North African country.

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Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, Defence Minister Elizabetta Trenta and Foreign Minister Enzo Milanesi all condemn French meddling in Libya.

They say President Emmanuel Macron is dangerously rushing Libya’s disparate factions into an election this year.

They also maintain that former President Nicolas Sarkozy, who pushed NATO to overthrow  the dictator Muammar Gadaffi in 2011, is partly to blame for the breakup of Libya.

Italy opposed that NATO action. 

As the former colonial ruler of Libya, it fears France – and particularly its oil giant TOTAL – is trying to supplant Italy’s influence in the country.

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