Nowhere is at "zero risk" of
a terrorist attack, Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said
Monday, adding that special protective measures would be
introduced in Venice.
"Places at zero risk do not exist, either in Italy or in
other parts of the world, as the dramatic chronology of terror
over the last 15 years has unfortunately shown," Alfano said.
"Venice is a symbolic place and we are equipping ourselves
to protect it as well as possible," the minister continued.
"We will protect Venice like the rest of the country and we
will do it in the lagoon city with a specific plan that we will
present to Mayor (Luigi) Brugnaro, because Venice is a special
city and must therefore have special protection," Alfano said.
The interior ministry then called on European Union member
states to abandon their "national jealousies" and cooperate more
in the fight against terrorism.
Italy has proposed the adoption at the European level of
the 'Italian model' under which "anti-terrorism forces work
together very well within a committee for strategic analysis
against terrorism", Alfano said.
The minister and leader of the small centrist New Centre
Right (NCD) party said he espoused the "rational" and
"responsible" line taken by Premier Matteo Renzi following the
November 13 attacks in Paris, "saying no to another Libya".
"If we are to take part, to cooperate in a different way in
Syria too, which is something that we do not rule out, we would
certainly like to know the plan for afterwards," Alfano said.
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