On migrants, France today is a little closer, Germany a little further away. While Europe, from which according to the executive came in the first instance the request to identify a bank guarantee needed for the migrant not to end up in a center, is calling for changes to Friday's ministerial decree. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni let it be known that she welcomed "with great interest" French President Emmanuel Macron's proposal for collaboration on countering illegal immigration. "It is clear that Italy, France and the EU must act together to support the states of origin of migrants and to help transit states dismantle criminal networks of human traffickers," Meloni explained, "This is the direction that the Italian government has already taken and wants to pursue together with European institutions and its European allies. However, Italy was greatly astonished by the German government's announcement that it would give funds to sea NGOs engaged in the Mediterranean. So Meloni took pen and paper and addressed Chancellor Olaf Scholz directly, explaining that, given the current context, "I learned with amazement that Your Government - in an uncoordinated way with the Italian Government - would decide to support with relevant funds nongovernmental organizations engaged in the reception of irregular migrants on Italian territory and in rescues in the Mediterranean Sea. Both possibilities raise questions". The Prime Minister continued, "with regard to the important and onerous chapter of assistance ashore, it is legitimate to ask whether it does not deserve to be facilitated particularly on German territory rather than in Italy". Moreover, "it is widely known that the presence of NGO boats at sea has a direct effect of multiplying the departures of precarious vessels, which results not only in further aggravation for Italy, but at the same time increases the risk of new tragedies at sea". These grievances were echoed by Vice-Premier Matteo Salvini, who bluntly called on Germany to "suspend funding to NGOs". Meanwhile, Brussels explains that as for the bank guarantee provided for in a 2013 directive, "all such decisions must be made on the basis of an individual assessment. Alternative measures to detention must pass the proportionality test".