Premier Matteo Renzi wrote in his
e-newsletter Wednesday that he wants the downtrodden to have a
place at the table of the world's powers. "I would like the
voiceless to have a place at the table of the powers-that-be,"
Renzi wrote. "I would like a place at that table for the eyes of
the (refugee) children of Idomeni...In the face of demagoguery
and verbal violence against refugees I would like us to recall -
as we pointed out yesterday to the NATO secretary-general - that
the threat to our cities often comes from the urban outskirts
where extremism and radicalism flourish - not from the migrants
at Idomeni or Lampedusa". Renzi also wrote he is "very happy
about the renewed interest in Italy's proposals" such as an EU
migration compact to aid sub-Saharan countries so people won't
be forced to leave their homelands to survive.
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