Premier Matteo Renzi on Friday
reiterated his belief that dropping the Schengen Agreement
scrapping border controls between most EU countries will not
disarm the threat of Islamist terrorism.
"Schengen has been thrown very much into doubt and that is
very sad for us," Renzi told the RTL radio station.
"Free circulation is a great European dream. It's right to
be attentive to terrorism but you cannot stop the terrorists by
suspending Schengen.
"Some of the terrorists of the Paris attacks grew up in
our cities (in Europe).
"There is fear and a lack of vision in the closure of
Schengen, which threatens the European project".
The Schengen system has been curtailed to some degree in
recent months, as seen with Sweden restoring checks on its
border with Denmark in response to the refugee crisis.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA
