Premier Matteo Renzi on
Wednesday blasted the European Commission's decision to open an
infringement procedure against Italy for failing to respect EU
rules on collecting the finger prints of asylum seekers as
"astonishing".
He said that Italy was doing its bit to tackle the migrant
crisis, including via the set-up of EU-mandated hotspots to
register asylum seekers.
But he also suggested the EU was not keeping its
commitments, including the pledge to ensure thousands of
refugees in Italy are relocated in other parts of the union.
"Yesterday we opened the first (hotspot) centre and
tomorrow a second will be opened in Trapani," Renzi said.
"We are ready to intervene and respect our commitments.
"We ask if Europe is capable of respecting its. For the
moment, we are moving forward only with what Italy has done".
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