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Roberto Maroni (l) failed to persuade his colleagues about the plight of Italy (Photo: Council of European Union)

Italian minister questions value of EU membership

A dozen EU states rallied behind France on Monday (11 April) in a dispute with Italy over Rome's granting of temporary residence permits to Tunisian immigrants, warning of the "collapse" of the Schengen area and the re-introduction of borders.

Speaking after a meeting of interior ministers in Luxembourg, Italian minister Roberto Maroni from the anti-immigrant Lega Nord party, said his country had to "consider if it is still worth being part of the EU," since nobody wanted to help shoul...

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Roberto Maroni (l) failed to persuade his colleagues about the plight of Italy (Photo: Council of European Union)

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