Culture 'best possible' response to terror - Franceschini

(ANSA) - Rome, November 25 - Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said Wednesday plans to invest a billion euros in security and a further billion in culture starting from next year were the "best response" the government could have made to the November 13 Paris attacks. "It is an immediate proposition, not one for the future, and I believe it is the best response the premier could give," Franceschini said.
    The measures announced by Matteo Renzi on Tuesday as an amendment to the 2016 budget bill currently before parliament mean "investing in the security of today, but also of the future. I consider it an important asset", he said.
    Culture "overcomes barriers, creates common ground between different countries, religions, languages, histories", he explained. "It is a way of responding to those who wanted us to lower our quality of life by ceasing to go where we enjoy ourselves and follow our passions," the minister added.