Italy is calling for greater
cooperation on defence and intelligence sharing among EU member
states in the wake of the November terrorist attack in Paris and
the more recent March attack in Brussels, Interior Minister
Angelino Alfano said in an interview to the Financial times
published Tuesday.
"The terrorists have two attacks, we don't even have a
directive on the 'passenger name record'," Alfano said in
reference to an EU proposal to share information on airline
passengers that has remained dead letter.
"This is what worries me the most," he added.
The minister explained the fact that Italy has so far been
spared a major terrorist attack by experience gained in fights
against the Mafia and domestic terrorism in the 1970s, as well
as by co-operation from Muslims reporting suspicious behaviour.
"Evidently our model doesn't incite hatred. We have sowed
well, at least until now. But there is no country with no risk
and we can never be certain," Alfano said.
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