Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has urged unity between Europe and the US in a common fight against Islamic extremism.
In his speech to a joint session of the US congress on Wednesday (1 March), Mr Berlusconi called for "a grand alliance of all democracies" and warned against a "politically dangerous" tendency in Europe to stand apart from Washington, according to press reports.
"A conception of European unity founded on a fanciful wish for self-sufficiency would be mora...
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