(ANSA) - UDINE - ''The idea of being European Union citizens should not be imposed from above. I am convinced that if, as judges, we get used to know and overcome language barriers, we can effectively contribute to create an idea of a Europe of shared justice'', said Udine chief prosecutor Antonio De Nicolo at the end of a 1-week bilateral meeting with Austrian prosecutors. A delegation from Udine Prosecutor's Office was hosted at Klagenfurt Prosecutor for the first ''Italian mission abroad'' funded by the EJTN, the European Judicial Training Network. The training week enabled the Italian delegation led by the Prosecutor De Nicolo to deepen the peculiarities of Italian and Austrian law. De Nicolo said he has found a country where ''you invest in justice'' and ''with a widespread sense of respect for justice''. The delegations have found some differences between their respective penal systems, such as ''the only two stages of legal proceedings in Austria'' (instead of three), the 'stature barred' legal action that'' does not occur after the prosecution has begun'', the possibility of ''self-archivin investigation''. During the meetings, the judges discussed the letters rogatory in Italy and Austria, in order to speed up the procedures, and, as the prosecutor said, ''prevent justice from stopping at the border.'' The mission was the continuation of the relations spontaneously developed by the chief prosecutor since his arrival in Udine, in the summer of 2015, when he organized a meeting with colleagues of neighbouring prosecuting authorities in Austria (Klagenfurt) and Slovenia (Kranj and Nova Gorica). Meanwhile, the Udine prosecutor was also hosted by the Prosecutor of West Stockholm, office with 35 deputy prosecutors, who have visited Friuli in order to study Italian judicial system. (ANSA).