Country Quote by Paolo Gentiloni

If anyone in the E.U. thinks Italy should keep being a landing point and refugee camp, they have misunderstood.

— Matteo Salvini

I'm against illegal migrants. Too many of them are dangerous for Italy and Europe.

— Matteo Salvini

The immigration flows have to be controlled. We have to know who comes into Italy. The problem shouldn't be left to oversized, dysfunctional, nongovernmental…

— Beppe Grillo

The biggest problem in Italy is work. And out-of-control immigration damages the labor market because Italians can't compete with illegal workers who are being…

— Matteo Salvini

We now have two options: We can commence operations at the Hotspots in Italy and Greece and continue to do nothing - in which…

— Martin Schulz

Europe - with hundreds of millions of people - can accept hundreds of thousands of migrants.

— Paolo Gentiloni

Europe advises, sometimes threatens, and tells us, 'You should make a budget of 10 billion euros in taxes.' Are they joking? The last thing…

— Matteo Salvini

Of course, no-one thinks the EU is perfect. In recent years, the pace of social reform has slowed. But staying in offers the chance…

— Frances O'Grady

Now people are criticizing Europe, the European Commission, Juncker and the whole lot because the distribution of refugees didn't succeed immediately. But you also…

— Jean-Claude Juncker

We can't turn Italy into a refugee camp.

— Matteo Salvini

In the EU, we agree that the pressures causing migration must be reduced.

— Wolfgang Schauble

We will go to Europe to change the rules that have impoverished Italians.

— Matteo Salvini