Xavier Miley cuts short his tour of Europe and analyzes whether to go to the G7 and the peace summit in Switzerland

Xavier Miley He will shorten his European tour. Although at first it appeared that he was going to miss the G7 summit, it has not been defined yet and that trip will remain on track. I will not go to Switzerland, but will go to Spain to receive the award.

The original agenda included a meeting of G7 leaders in Italy, two ceremonies to receive academic awards in Madrid and Hamburg, official meetings with Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz in Paris and Berlin, and a conference in Ukraine. Volodymyr ZelenskyWhich opposes the latest Russian aggression launched by Vladimir Putin from the Kremlin.

This morning the news broke that he was going to suspend his participation in the Group of 7 meeting, to be held between June 13 and 15 in Borgo Egnazia, an ancient city on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, as well as in the Summit for Peace in Switzerland.

However, in the afternoon, it emerged that after several meetings, Miley had decided to go to Italy for the conference with the world’s most important heads of state, but at the end of it he would return to Buenos Aires instead of going to the Swiss city of Lucerne.

He was also scheduled to stay in Paris 19 June to maintain a Bilateral Meeting with Emmanuel Macronthe French president and one of the top political leaders in the international system. In other words, he will also suspend the first official visit of a European leader after starting his administration on December 10.

On the other hand, the Argentine head of state is going to Madrid on the 21st to receive the Juan de Mariana Prize “for exemplary defense of the ideas of freedom”; and he will travel to Hamburg, Germany, the next day for the Hayek Prize and to Berlin on the 23rd to meet Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

He was invited to Italy by the President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, with whom he has a great rapport. At the G7 he was expected to have an unprecedented meeting with the President of the United States, Joseph BidenIn addition to the following ScholzThe Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishidaand he of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunakwho just called the election, the president of Canada, justin trudeauwith whom he has already communicated virtually.

Zelensky invited representatives to the peace summit, both foreign ministers and leaders from more than 80 countries, including Spanish President Pedro Sánchez, with whom he had to go through a difficult diplomatic struggle after he targeted the First Lady for corruption, amid questions from officials of the Spanish administration about her mental health.

The president claims to be internationally renowned, and he hopes that this tour will allow him to continue in that line, with his “ideas of freedom”, in addition to promoting the deepening of commercial relations, working for Argentina to enter the OECD and NATO, and appearing to be a key player in a future war between Russia and Ukraine.

The OECD is an international organization based in Paris that is popularly known as the “club of developed countries”. It is made up of 38 countries, including emerging powers and heads of state. It is led by the United States, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy and Japan. Colombia and Chile are the only countries in the region that are part of that select group.

Miley was interested in promoting the halt to the project of an agreement between Mercosur and the EU, which was opposed by Macron, who faces resistance from local French politics and therefore does not accept it. Today many things are at stake, as the French do not have assurances of their influence in the European Parliament. The appointment of the new European Commission could speed up or slow down the treaty.

The reasons for the change in Miley’s trip have not been detailed, but they have taken place a day after a drop in Mervel shares and a rise in the dollar, raising doubts about the economic crisis that the government is going through, even these days. And in addition, it adds to the political crisis that began with the departure of Nicolás Posse from chief of staff and continues with the scandal of expired food stored in warehouses, for which the head of human capital, Sandra Pettovello, is to blame.