European Union institutions
should have a more democratic base, President Sergio Mattarella
said on a visit to Dublin Wednesday.
He also said that Italians' trust in the EU must be restored.
"The consensus of the Italians towards Europe has diminished
in these years and it must be restored," Mattarella said after
talks with Irish counterpart Michael Higgins.
"We must seize the opportunity to do so in this window that
is opening from now until the European elections of 2019".
He stressed that "EU institutions must have a more democratic
base and must guarantee work and future for young people who
must be put at the centre of European policies".
The problem of migrant repatriation is one shared "by the
whole European Union", Mattarella said.
"Those who think the problem of immigration only concerns
Mediterranean countries are wrong," he said.
"It will soon concern all of Europe".
Mattarella recalled that Africa will soon have three times
the population of Europe and so "legal channels are needed for
entry".
These are all things, he said, that no single country can
manage on its own.
"Repatriation, too, must become a European problems," said
the Italian head of State.
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