Premier Matteo Renzi told a meeting
of his Democratic Party (PD) executive Monday that an "organic"
plan not a kneejerk military intervention is needed in Libya.
"We need a more organic project rather than a mere reaction," he
said, exhorting PD lawmakers to "read and reread" US President
Barack Obama's comments on Libya in a recent interview in The
Atlantic magazine. As well, the center-left premier said "the
security problem won't get solved by barricading the borders -
even if it were possible to do so - but rather by remaining
vigilant against (Islamist) terrorism and also by focusing on
outlying neighborhoods". The current international scenario
"highlights the difficulties of the European Union," Renzi
added, saying the EU faces "three great crises" - one of ideals,
one of political stability, and one of the European left.
Building walls against asylum seekers will only "destroy the
last 25 years of European policymaking," he said. The European
Socialist Party must take the lead in defining the EU agenda,
Renzi said.
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