The closure of the Brenner Pass on
the Italy-Austria border would cause "very serious damage" to
the European Union, Transport and Infrastructure Minister
Graziano Delrio said on Tuesday.
"The closure of the Brenner Pass would cause very serious
damage to the economy and transport, but also to the European
Union because the Brenner Pass is the symbol of European
integration," Delrio said.
Austria has begun building a barrier along its side of the
Brenner Pass at the border with Italy, which it says is letting
too many asylum seekers through.
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