Government members have said they will not allow the judiciary to "halt" its migration policies including new Italian-run processing centers in Albania, saying the agreement with Albanian authorities will "work" and will become a "role model" for other countries.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni acknowledged that "obstacles" were expected but insisted they would be overcome. This statement came after a Rome court on October 18 nixed the detention of the first group of migrants held at a new center in Albania. Additionally, a court in Bologna referred a government measure that defines a list of safe countries for repatriation to the European Court of Justice, sparking accusations that the judiciary was interfering in political matters.

Despite this, government officials assured that the transfer of irregular migrants to Albania would continue "in accordance with the law."

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No suspension of procedures despite appeals

A strong arm between members of the government and the judiciary led to a decree defining a list of "safe countries" for repatriation after the Rome court scrapped the detention of the first group of migrants based on the fact that they hailed from two countries -- Bangladesh and Egypt -- which could not be considered safe based on an October 4 European Court of Justice ruling.

And members of the ruling coalition have said that in the meantime "no landings have occurred" to explain the fact that no more migrants have been taken to the facilities in Albania.

However, the project has not been halted also because, sources close to the government said, the initiative of the Bologna court has not suspended procedures until the European Court of Justice rules on the matter.

Prime Minister Meloni views the protocol with Tirana, along with her broader Mattei Plan, as a hallmark of her administration's first two years. This achievement will be celebrated in December at the annual festival of her party, Brothers of Italy (FdI), titled The Italian Way: Concrete Answers to a Changing World. The event may feature guests interested in the "Albania model."

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Weber expresses support, opposition denounces plan for 'squandering money'

Manfred Weber, leader of the European People's Party (EPP), voiced his support in an interview with La Stampa, calling the initiative "right" and in line with "European values," while acknowledging that such innovative solutions require time.

This endorsement was welcomed by the governing coalition. Tommaso Foti, FdI's Lower House whip, praised the protocol, claiming it ends the Left’s "indiscriminate hosting of immigrants."

Meanwhile, his counterpart in Forza Italia, Paolo Barelli, stressed that the "government's choices are legitimate" and "we are sorry that part of the judiciary interferes with the political decisions of Parliament and the government."

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Members of the opposition, however, are continuing to slam the program after a controversy regarding the nine million euros allocated to host Italian law enforcement officials deployed in Albania to work at the centers.

Forza Italia's Senate whip Maurizio Gasparri accused the Left of "hating law enforcement".But transferring migrants to Albania is "expensive and useless", insisted the leader of centrist opposition party Azione, Carlo Calenda, asking the cabinet to find "another solution without ideologies".

Meanwhile Green Left Alliance (AVS) lawmaker Nicola Fratoianni slammed the program as "propaganda" that costs "a lot of money".

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