Too much criticism of EU rules (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, October 26 - President Sergio Mattarella said Wednesday there was too much criticism of the EU and its rules.
    He said the Union was "not just oppressive bureaucracy and has led to great conquests".
    He said the EU project had to be "cultivated on a daily basis".
    Mattarella said it was "wishful thinking to build walls in Europe".
    He said that, by doing so, certain EU members were "calling into question the founding values of the Union".
    Borders can be "transformed into bridges," Mattarella said.
    He also stressed the importance of "spreading EU values among young people".
    Speaking at a monument to WWI dead in northeastern Italy, Mattarella went on to say that Slovenia and Italy were "models of cooperation".
    Mattarella attended a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of Italian troops taking Gorizia in the First World War.