Premier Giuseppe Conte said
after an informal EU summit in Salzburg Thursday that a deal on
migrants was still needed.
He said "we told each other that we have to reach
conclusions" on migrants because "the more we delay the more
we'll all get into difficulty".
There were no winners in the recent standoff between Italy
and EU over the case of the migrants rescued by the Diciotti
coast guard ship, Conte said.
"The Diciotti case sees us all as losers," Conte told
reporters.
"If European wants to have an immigration policy, this means
defining a strategy, revising the Dublin procedure and quickly
pursuing new mechanisms of collective management featuring
solidarity".
Conte said that "stopping at voluntary contributions (on
migrants) is not a goal we are aiming at".
He said "we should think of incentivising and
disincentivising mechanisms."
The premier also said "Italy's position on the Frontex
project is that is certainly can have a role but boosting
Frontex up to 10,000 men also raises problems about the
usefulness of such an investment".
He said "I'd prefer these investments to be destined for
Africa", and explained "there's also a political problem, it is
clear that a similar deployment of men poses an issue of
sovereignty.
"All member States are jealous, it's clear, and Italy is no
less so".
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