Rome, 3 August (Adnkronos) – “Geopolitical summary of the first Olympic week: Russia is implementing textbook actions of hybrid warfare, while France is hit by cyber attacks and attacks on railway lines in ways that betray extreme professionalism and non-trivial organizational skills”. Enrico Borghi, leader of the Italia Viva group in the Senate, wrote this on social media.
“In the sights of the ‘soft’ part of the activity, a forced and interested reading of some passages – essentially marginal – of the opening ceremony, and the explosion of the controversy against the Algerian athlete. Around this initiative an alliance between the European far right and Russia is manifested, which social networks like X then amplify to extraordinary levels, given that Musk himself is at the forefront of re-sharing these contents. And here a key step is made: Italy is the country that at an institutional level is lining up with an unusual weight (the second highest office of the State, the prime minister, a vice-premier in addition to the media battery of government parties) on this side. Which for Italy has a corollary that is anything but secondary: after the war in Ukraine, we have replaced Algeria with Russia as the main supplier of gas”.
“And in recent days we have almost managed to trigger a diplomatic incident with Algiers, to the delight of the Kremlin. However, Italian-Algerian relations are very strong, I don’t think they will be seriously damaged by this incident, but certainly, the way in which the matter was handled will leave some aftermath… and the secret of a successful hybrid operation is precisely this: finding discontent and exploiting it, making a hole into a chasm. Our political-institutional leaders, I hope through sheer foolishness, have “supported” someone else’s game for short-sighted and ideological political calculations. There is more than a week to go until the end of the games: in Palazzo Chigi and its surroundings, they should learn from the slip-ups of these hours, and before jumping into a heated controversy, they should reflect, understand and understand. The cohesion of our societies, and of our Western friendships and alliances, must not be called into question, especially by those with high levels of responsibility. In these times, we cannot give in. to impulsiveness and easy scandal, precisely because on the other side we have cold calculators who artfully aim at creating this climate, and build traps in this direction every day”, he concludes.
