BRUSSELS -
Strengthening the channels for legal immigration, reviewing the rules on asylum, building a European defense system complementary to that of NATO
: these are some of the proposals put forward by the Conference on the future of Europe that will be at the center of
the ANSA Forum- University of Perugia which will take place tomorrow starting at 11
.
The event will be broadcast
live on the Facebook channels of ANSA and ANSA Europe
.
The virtual meeting will be animated by, among others, the
M5s MEP Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the rector of the University of Perugia Maurizio Oliviero, Raffaella De Marte
from the communication department of the EP and Professor
Simone Vezzani
of the Department of Law of the Umbrian university.
The theme of European common defense jumped into the headlines after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia and is currently at the center of the debate in the Union
to give substance to the project starting from industrial cooperation and the idea of joint purchases of military material.
All this while the problem of managing migratory flows from the southern shore of the Mediterranean in the name of solidarity and sharing remained unsolved.
Flows that risk becoming even more substantial if the food emergency triggered by the blocking of grain exports from Ukraine is not found.
"We are discussing landlocked countries that need alternative pipeline supplies, so we need to talk about pipeline investments, to increase supply, and we are discussing refinery upgrades and renewable energy investments," he added. von der Leyen.
The president of the European executive recalled having met Viktor Orban in Budapest "to understand what the implications are, and objectively there is a difficult technical problem" to solve.
"If necessary, I am always available to talk to him by phone," she explained in the interview published this afternoon by Davos.