Antonio Tajani, head of Italian diplomacy, cancelled his first visit to Paris. Gérald Darmanin accused Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of being "unable to solve the migration problems on which she was elected" Tajani: "It is a gratuitous and vulgar insult to a friendly, allied country" He demands an apology, this Friday, to the Minister of the Interior.

French government spokesman: "There is no desire to ostracize Italy"