(ANSAmed) - FLORENCE, MAY 5 - Italy has "saved Europe's
honour" on migrant rescue and reception, European Commission
President Jean-Claude Juncker told The State of the Union
conference in Florence Friday.
"So we must show solidarity with both Italy and Greece which
are not responsible for their geographical position. They are
where they are and we have to take that into account," he said.
Premier Paolo Gentiloni thanked Juncker at the same
conference later on Friday, but stressed that the EU must do
more regarding the Mediterranean asylum-seeker crisis.
"A serious common policy on migration is needed," Gentiloni
said.
"I listened from Rome to the words EU Commission President
Juncker used and I thank him.
"Merci Jean-Claude for saying that Italy defended the Union's
honour. But if it is a question of honour, honour should be
defended together".
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