“The agreement was made by all of Europe, therefore France too.” At lunchtime, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani leaves the Forza Italia headquarters in San Lorenzo in Lucina to go to the Farnesina and responds harshly to the French government according to which the European Union had “ submitted ” to the United States on the 15% tariffs. Tajani's response to Fatto is clear: the French government cannot distance itself from the agreement with Trump because Paris is one of the pillars of the European Union, which is the meaning of his words.

A few hours earlier, French Prime Minister François Bayrou had attacked the European Commission over the agreement: “It is a dark day when an alliance of free people, united to affirm their values and defend their interests, ends up submitting,” Bayrou wrote on X.

A stance opposed to that of the Italian government: Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Monday, speaking from Addis Ababa, called the 15% tariffs"sustainable" for Italy, and the Italian government supported the agreement on Sunday evening. Tajani will meet with companies at the Farnesina on Monday afternoon to understand the impact of the tariffs and study initial countermeasures.