Several Indian social media users are sharing a short video clip that allegedly shows Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni threatening Pakistan during a speech.
These claims have surfaced at a time of heightened tensions between India and Pakistan, following the killing of 26 civilians last week in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir’ Pahalgam Valley.
However, the claim is false. The speech shown in the video has nothing to do with Pakistan.
Claim
On April 30, a user posted a video on the platform X (formerly Twitter) showing Italian PM Giorgia Meloni speaking in Italian. The caption claimed: “Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is threatening Pakistan.”
The 35-second video has since garnered over 312,000 views and more than 4,500 likes. Other users added fuel to the narrative, with one claiming that Meloni assured India of full support, while another falsely alleged that she threatened to turn Islamabad into an “Italian parking lot.”
Fact
The video is not recent, and it has no connection to current India-Pakistan relations.
Using reverse image search, it was confirmed that the video is from April 15, 2019, and was first published by Vista Agenzia Televisiva Nazionale, an Italian news agency, on its official YouTube channel. At the time, Giorgia Meloni had not yet become Prime Minister.
The speech was delivered in a purely domestic political context, and the full version contains no reference to Pakistan, India, or foreign policy.
Here is what is circulating online:
“Rome is the capital of Italy — and I’ll go further: Rome should be the capital of the European Union. It must not just be a place for comfortable offices, but should represent the thousand-year-old identity of our continent.”
There is no mention of Islamabad, Pakistan, or any threat.
Verdict
False — The viral video of Italian PM Giorgia Meloni has been misrepresented. It dates back to 2019 and has no connection to Pakistan or current regional tensions. The claims being spread on Indian social media are misleading and part of a disinformation campaign.
