Lower House Speaker Laura Boldrini
on Friday said the current migrant crisis affecting the European
Union wouldn't exist if every member State were to do its part.
Boldrini said the EU is "doing what it shouldn't do:
there's a tendency to turn a blind eye to some countries".
"The EU can't demand that non-EU countries respect a series
of standards and objectives if it's not ready to pursue them
itself," Boldrini said.
"Some States are making an effort to manage the (migrant)
phenomenon, but others no. This creates the crisis; otherwise
there wouldn't be one," she said.
"If Europe wants to continue to be a moral compass for the
world, it needs to set an example. It also needs to do it to
defend its own reputation," she said.
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