Napolitano: “We have to fight against national egoism and anachronistic conservatism”

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano made a plea in favour of sticking with the EU and making it better during a visit to the European Parliament on the 4 February 2014. "The new mission of the EU is to show that we live together in the flow of globalisation as a unified nation," he told MEPs in Strasbourg on 4 February. "We have to fight against national egoism and anachronistic conservatism."

• Primary Source

EUObserver, 05.02.14: Italian President clashes with Lega Nord in EU assembly http://euobserver.com/political/123010

Euronews, 04.02.14: Italy’s president warns euroscepticism could kill EU http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/04/italy-s-president-warns-euroscepticism-could-kill-eu/

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