Italy鈥檚 far-right Premier Giorgia Meloni rejected criticism from her Canadian counterpart at the about her government鈥檚 stance on LGBTQ+ rights.
A reporter asked Meloni about the criticism at a news conference early Sunday (May 21) in Hiroshima, Japan, which is hosting the annual summit of leaders from seven of the world鈥檚 leading industrialized nations.
On television Friday, Prime Minister Trudeau told Meloni 鈥� right before they began private, bilateral talks during the summit 鈥� that 鈥淐anada is concerned about some of the positions Italy is taking on in terms of LGBT rights.鈥� He added that he was looking forward to talking with the Italian premier about that.
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Meloni looked annoyed, twiddled her thumbs and listened in silence, while Trudeau switched to French to sum up his English remarks. Then camera operators left the room, and the two leaders commenced their close-door talks.
Earlier this year, Meloni鈥檚 government told city halls to stop automatically registering both parents in same-sex couples but instead to limit recognition of parental lights only to the biological parent of the child. Gay rights activists held rallies to denounce the move, calling it homophobic.
Asked about Trudeau鈥檚 remark, Meloni said that he had fallen 鈥渧ictim鈥� to 鈥渇ake news鈥� and propaganda, and even said that that his assessment 鈥渄oesn鈥檛 correspond to reality.鈥�
The Associated Press
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