Salvini, proceedings against Austria initiated for Brenner Pass - last minute. "Austria's unilateral bans are unacceptable and unsustainable because they block the main connection axis between southern and northern Europe," he says.
"We have decided for the first time in history to formally activate the procedure provided for by Article 259 of the Establishing Treaty of the EU" says Salvini, deputy prime minister and minister of transport and infrastructure, Matteo Salvini. "It is shameful after four years of waiting, for a negotiated solution, which has not arrived", he adds.