Culture Minister Dario
Franceschini said Wednesday plans to invest a billion euros in
security and a further billion in culture starting from next
year were the "best response" the government could have made to
the November 13 Paris attacks.
"It is an immediate proposition, not one for the future,
and I believe it is the best response the premier could give,"
Franceschini said.
The measures announced by Matteo Renzi on Tuesday as an
amendment to the 2016 budget bill currently before parliament
mean "investing in the security of today, but also of the
future. I consider it an important asset", he said.
Culture "overcomes barriers, creates common ground between
different countries, religions, languages, histories", he
explained.
"It is a way of responding to those who wanted us to lower
our quality of life by ceasing to go where we enjoy ourselves
and follow our passions," the minister added.
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