"Rome, Jan. 3 (LaPresse) – "Consistent with Italy’s historic position, the Government believes that external military action is not the path to end totalitarian regimes, but at the same time considers a defensive intervention against hybrid attacks on its own security legitimate, as in the case of state entities that support and promote drug trafficking." This was stated in a note from Palazzo Chigi following the U.S. attack in Venezuela. "The Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, has been monitoring developments in Venezuela from their earliest stages. Italy has always supported the Venezuelan people’s aspiration for a democratic transition in Venezuela, condemning acts of repression by the Maduro regime, whose self-proclaimed electoral victory Italy, along with major international partners, has never recognized," the note added."
The operative part of this is the part about:
" but at the same time considers a defensive intervention against hybrid attacks on its own security legitimate, as in the case of state entities that support and promote drug trafficking."
The PM is a staunch supporter of Crumb The 1st and I would point out that it doesn't mean squat whether she recognizes the election of Maduro and calls it "self-proclaimed" because that is misleading since the Venezuelan Supreme Court heard the challenges to the election results and declared Maduro the victor. Anybody can quibble or call the court into question but under international law and the constitution of Venezuela it was a settled matter. A sovereign nation does not need the "recognition" or approval by "major international partners" in order for their sovereignty and legal decisions under their constitution to require member nations of the UN to respect that sovereignty and the legal decisions of that nation.
We may hate their elected leader but no other nation has a legal right to use military force to do as the US just did.
https://uk.lapresse.it/politics-en/2026/01/03/venezuela-italian-pm-military-action-is-not-the-way-but-a-legitimate-defensive-intervention/
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