‘If you build walls, forget about Italian money,’ Rome warns EU over migrant policy

‘If certain members of the European Union introduce borders to prevent the movement of asylum seekers, Italy is within its rights to withhold its funding to the EU budget, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has said.
“We give €20 billion to Europe and the EU gives us back 12, but if Hungary or Slovakia preach to us about migrants and don’t give us a hand and then want our money,” then Italy can use its right of veto when discussing the budget in 2017, Renzi said, speaking to Italian RAI 1 TV on Tuesday.
He criticized the plan of some EU countries to shut the borders to prevent the inflow of migrants who mostly arrive in Italy first via the Mediterranean.’
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