Rome / Barcelona .- The human tide that comes from a fortnight ago on the shores of Italy from Tunisia (mainly but have also come from Libya), mostly refugees fleeing war-Qaddafi Muanmar in their country in search of work and freedom on European soil, has led France and Italy agreed to strengthen the borders of Europe.
How do they do? By the time both countries have not detailed how hardened or try to shield the member countries of the Schengen Treaty for it to not see "flooded" by a human tide of people fleeing from Tunisia or other Arab Mediterranean countries since last January and living democratic revolts against dictatorial regimes installed since its independence process.
What is clear is that the summit have been held today in Rome, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has served in public to stage the full agreement of both conservative leaders to reform the existing legal bases Schengen Treaty. None of the two leaders spoke of restoring the borders between the member states of this Treaty, but that will pressure the EU authorities to "strengthen" and "protect" the states adhering to not be overwhelmed by thousands of immigrants illegal immigrants fleeing countries such as Tunisia, Libya or other and come to the EU.
In fact, two weeks ago came a diplomatic and border between France and Italy, members of Schengen, where the French authorities decided to close for an hour its southern border with Italy to prevent the entry into France of convoys of trains with hundreds illegal immigrants. This position was strongly criticized by human rights movements in both countries.
With the desire to avoid "overflow" of illegal immigrants on European soil, the two conservative leaders of France (President Nicolas Sarkozy), Italy (Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi) in Rome confirmed his initiative to change the free movement of Schengen people and goods. Sarkozy and Berlusconi proposed today to amend the Schengen Treaty, which establishes the free movement of persons, as a result of the current immigration crisis by the flow of illegal immigrants from North Africa.
Both leaders have sent a letter to the two main leaders of the European Union, European Commission President Jose Manuel Durao Barroso and Achille Herman Van Rompuy, current president of the European Council on a permanent basis, in which France and Italy directly request the Schengen Treaty reform.
The Schengen Agreement is one of the most important steps in the history of the construction of the European Union (EU). The agreement aims to end to border controls within the Schengen area and harmonize external border controls. Upon completion of the Italo-French bilateral summit held today in Rome, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said that during his meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, both also agreed to ask for a "greater solidarity" with its EU partners to address the immigration crisis.
Last week France was in favor of "suspending" the current Schengen Treaty, but the Elysee sources have clarified today that it referred to the term "abolish" but a debate open to "reform." Brussels avoid "waves of immigrants" The European Commission (EC) propose measures to improve cooperation in the Schengen area and prevent a member state that suffers the arrival of a wave of immigrants have to handle the situation alone, community spokesman said today Patrizio Fiorilli collected by the agency EFE.
The bill, debated last week by the College of Commissioners, will be part of a report to Brussels adopted on 4 May, the spokesman said. "The main point is to improve coordination between Member States" and prevent a country need to take unilateral decisions, the spokesman said. Fiorilli said the ultimate objective of the present communication that Brussels is to improve the management of the Schengen agreement, given the experience in its application for twenty years.
Olivier Bailly spokesman referred to the bilateral summit that the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, held today in Rome to address the crisis caused by the arrival in Italy this year some 26,000 immigrants from North Africa. The spokesman described as "good news" that the leaders of both states "to talk" and hoped to submit "concrete proposals" to resolve their differences.
"From the point of view of the EC, it is clear that there is a chance to return to discuss certain provisions of Schengen, in particular a possible mechanism to specify the manner in which a Member State may reintroduce internal border," said spokesman. He stressed that the Schengen legislation does not allow the suspension of the agreement, which would be "impossible" according to the European treaties, but the temporary reintroduction of border controls.
Increase Frontex border control spokesman said we will wait to see what they decide to French and Italian authorities to see if it is necessary to specify "the conditions under which it applies." Communication of 4 May also propose ways to strengthen the management of external borders, and in particular the European Agency for control of borders (Frontex).
Brussels hopes that Member States adopt the proposals next June. Defense nuclear energy The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and French President Nicolas Sarkozy reaffirmed his support today for nuclear power as an energy source that can coexist in the future, with renewable energy.
Upon completion of the Italo-French bilateral summit meeting Tuesday in Rome, the two leaders recalled the Chernobyl disaster, which today is the twenty-fifth anniversary, and also alluded to the recent nuclear crisis in Japan triggered by the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March. "Nuclear power is always the safest (...).
We are absolutely convinced that nuclear energy is the future for everybody," Berlusconi said in a joint appearance before the media. "We (in Italy) at the forefront of the implementation of nuclear power plants in the 70's. We know what happened later, left-wing environmentalism is stuck in between (...).
Since then we have to acquire almost all the energy we eat from the outside. This is a higher cost, "he added. Italian Prime Minister explained that the fear of population crisis in Japan and a possible negative outcome in the referendum on the matter which was scheduled for June in Italy has led the executive thereof to park their plans to return to nuclear energy, which was abolished in a referendum in 1987 after the Chernobyl tragedy.
"If we had gone to referendum, nuclear energy would not have been possible in Italy for years. We decided to wait to have a public opinion more aware of the need for nuclear energy," said Berlusconi, who praised the level of plant safety France. Sarkozy said he understood the Government's decision to park its nuclear plans and said the tragedy of Chernobyl and Fukushima are different, since Japan was caused by a tsunami and not by a nuclear accident.
"Fukushima's tragedy is not linked to but the tsunami earthquake. The central Fukushima dates back 70, the earthquake is of central level 9 and has resisted. The engine stopped after the earthquake. It was a terrifying proportions tsunami that destroyed the mechanism of the cooling pumps "Sarkozy said." Our core operating in conditions of absolute safety, security giving confidence to the French.
We have chosen nuclear energy, but we chose the solar, wind. But it was not enough to compensate for the nuclear " added. The French president explained that in June, a summit held in Paris on a large scale which will address the safety of nuclear energy. Sarkozy supports the Italian candidate to head the ECB Sarkozy endorsed the candidacy of Italy's Mario Draghi for the presidency of the European Central Bank (ECB) during the joint press conference with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
After the summit the two leaders held bilateral immigration from North Africa that affects mainly to Italy, Sarkozy said "we support the candidacy of an Italian to the presidency of the ECB." "I do not do because it is Italian but it is a person of great quality. It is also Italian, French President added that this is an excellent signal for all the Italians who question the role of Italy in the EU", reports EFE.
France is "very happy" to support his candidacy to replace the current ECB President Jean Claude Trichet, starting next fall. Failing that German Chancellor Angela Merkel, to support publicly Draghi, and Paris and Rome, to its credit, the current governor of the Bank of Italy appears to have already achieved in the presidential betting the ECB, which will occupy from October 31.
Born in Milan on September 3, 1947 and architect of the great Italian privatizations and author of a law on takeover bid (OPA) that bears his name, Draghi is the governor of the Bank of Italy, the first with a mandate given in time, since before the job was for life. In 1990 he was appointed advisor to the Bank of Italy and the January 17, 1991 Treasury director general, a post he remained until 2001 and from 2004 to 2005 was a member of the Executive Board of Goldman Sachs Group, among other charges.
From 1993 to 2001 he chaired the Committee on Privatization and in 1998 signed into law on finance that bears his name and introduces the rules for takeover bids. In addition, the Italian banker worked for Goldman Sachs between January 2002 and January 2006. 
How do they do? By the time both countries have not detailed how hardened or try to shield the member countries of the Schengen Treaty for it to not see "flooded" by a human tide of people fleeing from Tunisia or other Arab Mediterranean countries since last January and living democratic revolts against dictatorial regimes installed since its independence process.
What is clear is that the summit have been held today in Rome, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has served in public to stage the full agreement of both conservative leaders to reform the existing legal bases Schengen Treaty. None of the two leaders spoke of restoring the borders between the member states of this Treaty, but that will pressure the EU authorities to "strengthen" and "protect" the states adhering to not be overwhelmed by thousands of immigrants illegal immigrants fleeing countries such as Tunisia, Libya or other and come to the EU.
In fact, two weeks ago came a diplomatic and border between France and Italy, members of Schengen, where the French authorities decided to close for an hour its southern border with Italy to prevent the entry into France of convoys of trains with hundreds illegal immigrants. This position was strongly criticized by human rights movements in both countries.
With the desire to avoid "overflow" of illegal immigrants on European soil, the two conservative leaders of France (President Nicolas Sarkozy), Italy (Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi) in Rome confirmed his initiative to change the free movement of Schengen people and goods. Sarkozy and Berlusconi proposed today to amend the Schengen Treaty, which establishes the free movement of persons, as a result of the current immigration crisis by the flow of illegal immigrants from North Africa.
Both leaders have sent a letter to the two main leaders of the European Union, European Commission President Jose Manuel Durao Barroso and Achille Herman Van Rompuy, current president of the European Council on a permanent basis, in which France and Italy directly request the Schengen Treaty reform.
The Schengen Agreement is one of the most important steps in the history of the construction of the European Union (EU). The agreement aims to end to border controls within the Schengen area and harmonize external border controls. Upon completion of the Italo-French bilateral summit held today in Rome, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said that during his meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, both also agreed to ask for a "greater solidarity" with its EU partners to address the immigration crisis.
Last week France was in favor of "suspending" the current Schengen Treaty, but the Elysee sources have clarified today that it referred to the term "abolish" but a debate open to "reform." Brussels avoid "waves of immigrants" The European Commission (EC) propose measures to improve cooperation in the Schengen area and prevent a member state that suffers the arrival of a wave of immigrants have to handle the situation alone, community spokesman said today Patrizio Fiorilli collected by the agency EFE.
The bill, debated last week by the College of Commissioners, will be part of a report to Brussels adopted on 4 May, the spokesman said. "The main point is to improve coordination between Member States" and prevent a country need to take unilateral decisions, the spokesman said. Fiorilli said the ultimate objective of the present communication that Brussels is to improve the management of the Schengen agreement, given the experience in its application for twenty years.
Olivier Bailly spokesman referred to the bilateral summit that the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, held today in Rome to address the crisis caused by the arrival in Italy this year some 26,000 immigrants from North Africa. The spokesman described as "good news" that the leaders of both states "to talk" and hoped to submit "concrete proposals" to resolve their differences.
"From the point of view of the EC, it is clear that there is a chance to return to discuss certain provisions of Schengen, in particular a possible mechanism to specify the manner in which a Member State may reintroduce internal border," said spokesman. He stressed that the Schengen legislation does not allow the suspension of the agreement, which would be "impossible" according to the European treaties, but the temporary reintroduction of border controls.
Increase Frontex border control spokesman said we will wait to see what they decide to French and Italian authorities to see if it is necessary to specify "the conditions under which it applies." Communication of 4 May also propose ways to strengthen the management of external borders, and in particular the European Agency for control of borders (Frontex).
Brussels hopes that Member States adopt the proposals next June. Defense nuclear energy The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and French President Nicolas Sarkozy reaffirmed his support today for nuclear power as an energy source that can coexist in the future, with renewable energy.
Upon completion of the Italo-French bilateral summit meeting Tuesday in Rome, the two leaders recalled the Chernobyl disaster, which today is the twenty-fifth anniversary, and also alluded to the recent nuclear crisis in Japan triggered by the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March. "Nuclear power is always the safest (...).
We are absolutely convinced that nuclear energy is the future for everybody," Berlusconi said in a joint appearance before the media. "We (in Italy) at the forefront of the implementation of nuclear power plants in the 70's. We know what happened later, left-wing environmentalism is stuck in between (...).
Since then we have to acquire almost all the energy we eat from the outside. This is a higher cost, "he added. Italian Prime Minister explained that the fear of population crisis in Japan and a possible negative outcome in the referendum on the matter which was scheduled for June in Italy has led the executive thereof to park their plans to return to nuclear energy, which was abolished in a referendum in 1987 after the Chernobyl tragedy.
"If we had gone to referendum, nuclear energy would not have been possible in Italy for years. We decided to wait to have a public opinion more aware of the need for nuclear energy," said Berlusconi, who praised the level of plant safety France. Sarkozy said he understood the Government's decision to park its nuclear plans and said the tragedy of Chernobyl and Fukushima are different, since Japan was caused by a tsunami and not by a nuclear accident.
"Fukushima's tragedy is not linked to but the tsunami earthquake. The central Fukushima dates back 70, the earthquake is of central level 9 and has resisted. The engine stopped after the earthquake. It was a terrifying proportions tsunami that destroyed the mechanism of the cooling pumps "Sarkozy said." Our core operating in conditions of absolute safety, security giving confidence to the French.
We have chosen nuclear energy, but we chose the solar, wind. But it was not enough to compensate for the nuclear " added. The French president explained that in June, a summit held in Paris on a large scale which will address the safety of nuclear energy. Sarkozy supports the Italian candidate to head the ECB Sarkozy endorsed the candidacy of Italy's Mario Draghi for the presidency of the European Central Bank (ECB) during the joint press conference with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
After the summit the two leaders held bilateral immigration from North Africa that affects mainly to Italy, Sarkozy said "we support the candidacy of an Italian to the presidency of the ECB." "I do not do because it is Italian but it is a person of great quality. It is also Italian, French President added that this is an excellent signal for all the Italians who question the role of Italy in the EU", reports EFE.
France is "very happy" to support his candidacy to replace the current ECB President Jean Claude Trichet, starting next fall. Failing that German Chancellor Angela Merkel, to support publicly Draghi, and Paris and Rome, to its credit, the current governor of the Bank of Italy appears to have already achieved in the presidential betting the ECB, which will occupy from October 31.
Born in Milan on September 3, 1947 and architect of the great Italian privatizations and author of a law on takeover bid (OPA) that bears his name, Draghi is the governor of the Bank of Italy, the first with a mandate given in time, since before the job was for life. In 1990 he was appointed advisor to the Bank of Italy and the January 17, 1991 Treasury director general, a post he remained until 2001 and from 2004 to 2005 was a member of the Executive Board of Goldman Sachs Group, among other charges.
From 1993 to 2001 he chaired the Committee on Privatization and in 1998 signed into law on finance that bears his name and introduces the rules for takeover bids. In addition, the Italian banker worked for Goldman Sachs between January 2002 and January 2006.
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