At G7, Macron, Meloni meet to bury hatchet after migration spat

France's President Emmanuel Macron and Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni pose for a family photo as they attend the European leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman

HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met on Saturday at the Group of Seven nations summit seeking to turn the page after a French minister accused Rome of mishandling an influx of migrants.

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said in early May that Meloni's right-wing government had been unable to solve the migration problems on which she was elected and that she had lied to voters that she could end the migrant crisis.