Brussels supports Italy’s influence in Africa to fill the void left by France

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has succeeded in pushing the European Union to support Rome’s efforts to enter Africa through the “Mattei Plan”, which began in Algeria and included many sensitive sectors, such as energy, infrastructure, transport, defense, and space. This plan coincided with the decline of French influence in its former stronghold on the African continent.

The Italian Prime Minister chaired a summit attended by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, which focused on the “Mattei Plan”. This project has economic dimensions but also branches out to include other dimensions, including combating migration. Rome believes that the solution to this problem lies in establishing wealth-generating economic projects and job opportunities in Southern Mediterranean countries to reduce migration.
This approach is completely contrary to the French approach, which is based on perpetuating the dependence of Southern countries and stealing their wealth under justifications and considerations inherited from the defunct colonial era.

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