Meloni, Macron Spar Over Zelenskiy’s Paris Dinner Invitation
- Leaders are attending EU summit in Brussels on Thursday
- No date has yet been set for Meloni’s state visit to France
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An invitation for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to squeeze in a dinner at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris ahead of a European Union summit triggered a fresh spat between France and Italy.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called French President Emmanuel Macron’s move “inappropriate” in comments to reporters ahead of an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also took part in the dinner Wednesday evening.