Italian President Sergio
Mattarella on Tuesday said that economic growth and employment
should be at the top of the European Union's agenda during a
two-day trip to Greece.
"We are convinced that the European Union should give primary
importance to economic growth and employment, especially for the
young", the president said in Athens on the first day of his
visit.
He also expressed the hope that the 60th anniversary of the
signing of the Treaty of Rome, on March 25, will provide an
occasion "to relaunch integration" as well as promote "real,
authentic and effective European solidarity".
The president said solidarity was necessary on all fronts,
including immigration, adding that "it is not a problem for
Greece and Italy but for all of Europe because our coasts are
the European Union's shores".
Mattarella said Italy and Greece are partners within the
European Union with joint strategic interests and "the same
vision for the present and for the future".
He also spoke about NATO as an "organization of extraordinary
importance for peace and stability".
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