The skirmishing continued on Monday 27 August between the Italian government of Giuseppe Conte and the European Commission. The latter was obliged to defend its action now that the Conte Government has stated that it now intends to bypass the Commission’s coordination of disembarkation operations for migrants rescued at sea.
Despite the fact that the member states’ “Sherpas” meeting on Friday 24 August was unable to reach a practical solution for the 150 migrants on the Diciotti and...