(ANSAmed) - Rome, February 21 - European Parliament President
Antonio Tajani on Tuesday called for large-scale investments in
Africa to stop migrant flows at the source, saying millions of
asylum seekers could arrive otherwise.
"If the problem of Africa is not tackled - drought,
malnutrition - we will have millions and millions and Africans
pushing (to enter Europe) and dams and walls will not be
sufficient (to stop them)," Tajani told an ANSA Forum.
"We must invest billions and billions (in Africa)".
Tajani also said that EU must not have "rigour as our only
cornerstone and not growth". He added: "Europe has seemed weak
on this". He said the EU would not welcome the appointment of
Ted Malloch as the United States new ambassador to the bloc in
Brussels when asked about speculation this is a possibility. "We
are willing to listen to all advice and criticism, but we are
not subjugated to anyone," Tajani told the forum. "We are not
willing to accept insults from people who probably do not know
the European Union and who the European Parliament has declared
not welcome".
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