Premier Giorgia Meloni said Wednesday
that the EU must take action to defend its external border to
save the Schengen free-movement area.
Addressing the Senate before this week's European summit, Meloni
said there was a "clear risk" that Schengen "could be
shattered".
Italy has suspended Schengen and reimposed controls at its
border with Slovenia after the outbreak of war between Hamas and
Israel and the recent terrorist attacks in France and Belgium.
Several other EU countries have also brought back checks at some
frontiers.
"The intelligence services have confirmed that the greatest
(security) risks for us can come from the Balkan route (to the
EU)" Meloni said
"This is the reason that has led the government to act promptly
by suspending Schengen and restoring controls with Slovenia".
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