MPs from the anti-establishment
5-Star Movement (M5S) on Monday called on government to exert
pressure at the EU for Russia to be included in anti-terror
intelligence sharing and cooperation and for international
sanctions against it to be lifted.
"As long as the (Premier Matteo) Renzi
administration...refuses to fight for the recognition of
Russia's strategic role in the battle against terrorism at a
European level, it won't be possible to effectively defend the
safety of citizens," the opposition MPs wrote in a resolution
ahead of a June 28-29 European Council meeting.
"(We) also ask that Italy oppose liberalization of visas
for citizens of Georgia, Kosovo, Ukraine and Turkey - as the
European Commission recently proposed - until full resolution of
issues linked to human rights, the rule of law...and border
control".
The anti-establishment caucus in the Lower House called
for an EU mission to monitor the Turkey-Syria border in order to
"prevent Turkey from becoming a terrorist short cut" towards
Europe.
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