Italy needs to prevent the commercial opportunities that will emerge from Rome’s participation in China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from becoming a tool of “geopolitical hegemony,” Mario Borghezio, a European Parliament member from the Italian Lega party says
“The main concern of Lega of [Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo] Salvini is to prevent this important commercial opportunity from becoming also a tool of geopolitical hegemony,” Borghezio said.
According to Borghezio, the desirable benefit of Italy’s participation in the initiative is the “synergy” between the two countries in several areas of mutual interest, “with the development of infrastructure, ports, transport, and with a new partnership to finance common investments.”