Italy should give its OK to
three billion euros of EU aid to Turkey to cope with the refugee
crisis, the chair of the German Bundestag's foreign affairs
committee, Norbert Roettgen (CDU), said in an interview with
ANSA Thursday.
Noting that the EU was suffering a "crisis of solidarity"
over the migrant emergency, he said Italy's participation in the
fund "would confirm that this crisis can be seen as a European
crisis, which can only be overcome (by acting) together
politically and financially".
In other remarks, Roettgen said the migrant issue should
not be "mixed" with that of banks and economic flexibility, and
said Italian Premier Matteo Renzi was "right" on the Nord Stream
2 gas pipeline project, when he voiced solidarity with eastern
Europe.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier this
week the proposed pipeline project with Germany would be
mutually beneficial for Russia and Europe.
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