French President Sends Big Thank You Joseph Muscat’s Way For ‘Exceptional Mobilisation’ In Migrant Crisis
The President of France has sent a “big thank you” Joseph Muscat’s way, hailing the way he brought European nations together to address the migration crisis in the Mediterranean in recent months.
President Emanuel Macron, who is seen as a centrist politician similar to Malta’s own Prime Minister, made the comments during the South EU Summit, which saw leaders from seven Southern European countries discussing the migration issue.
“I want to reiterate a big thank you to Joseph Muscat for the exceptional mobilisation together with some others including us, for having these past months, always looked for efficient solutions, that are human and European to rescue operation in the Mediterranean,” President Macron said.
‘I reiterate a big #thankyou to @JosephMuscat_JM ???????? for exceptional mobilisation together with others, including us, for having in past months, looked for solutions to rescue operations in the #Mediterranean.’ #France ???????? @EmmanuelMacron at #MED7 #SouthEUSummit #Migration pic.twitter.com/DQ1BHSGv1E
— Government of Malta ???????? (@MaltaGov) February 1, 2019
What to expect from the 5th #southEUsummit between @AnastasiadesCY @EmmanuelMacron @GiuseppeConteIT @atsipras @antoniocostapm @JosephMuscat_JM @JosepBorrellF https://t.co/WH046J3KGl pic.twitter.com/jflWnRWG3u
— southEUsummit (@southEUsummit) January 29, 2019
Europe’s future depends on the promotion of an integrated policy for peace, stability and growth in the Mediterranean. In Nicosia today for the 5th Summit of the Southern EU countries #SouthEUSummit #MED7 pic.twitter.com/UIR7X0NxgA
— Alexis Tsipras (@tsipras_eu) January 29, 2019
This comes just weeks after former Italian Prime Minster Matteo Renzi hailed Muscat for his work in the Mediterranean
Muscat, Renzi, and Macron are widely seen as being cut from the same cloth, and the latest tweets indicate that the Frenchman and Italian are still strongly allied to the Maltese Prime Minister.
L’uomo che ha risolto la vicenda dei migranti è un premier, ma non è Conte. Tifa Milan, ma non è Salvini. Parla italiano, infatti non è Di Maio. Si chiama @JosephMuscat_JM ed è il premier di Malta. Non a caso Salvini lo attacca: perché sa che Muscat è un leader, non come lui.
— Matteo Renzi (@matteorenzi) January 10, 2019
As rumours swirl that Joseph Muscat is angling for a top European Union job after his second term ends, could these very public votes of confidence be setting the stage for his eventual EU bid?
What do you make of Macron’s comments?
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