(see related) Italian Premier
Matteo Renzi told the Ghanaian parliament in Accra on Tuesday
that the European Union needed to adopt a strategy to cope with
the crisis it faces with asylum seekers and avoid unnecessary
rows.
"If we want to solve the problem of immigration, we need a
long-term strategy, not petty squabbles," said Renzi, whose
executive has been at odds with the European Commission over
various issues in recent weeks.
"The time when Europe told us what we should do is over.
We give Brussels 20 million euros (a year) and we get back 11.
We want to work, but we are not taking any lectures".
Renzi has complained that the European Union left Italy
alone for too long to cope with the Mediterranean migrant crisis
and then added insult to injury by opening an infringement
procedure against Rome for failing to comply with regulations on
taking asylum seekers' fingerprints.
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