Italy's Conte Seeks EU Commission Involvement in Migrants Crisis
- Prime minister speaks in interview with Il Fatto Quotidiano
- Conte wrote to Juncker and Tusk asking for EU mediation
Photographer: Olmo Calvo/AFP via Getty Images
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Italy is asking the European Union to create a permanent role of mediator to ease tensions on migrants.
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte wrote Tuesday to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and to EU President Donald Tusk asking the Commission to mediate with other EU countries to have them accept migrants, according to an interview with the Italian leader published by newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano.