Former Interior Minister Marco Minniti, in an interview with the newspaper

la

Repubblica

, illustrated one of his

plans for Africa which has the prospect of governing migratory flows

: "A European plan for Africa that is ambitious. The "Europe is putting 3 billion euros on the table immediately and to begin with, half of what we have given to Turkey. We need a strong signal to regain the political initiative in that area that is crucial for us", money that goes "in investments in Egypt, Tunisia and the other departure countries, and not to build hotspots Not even the most authoritarian of governments will be able to stop the

legitimate aspiration of young people to reach Europe

.

In addition to investments, the EU states guarantee large quotas of legal entries, because there is a need for skilled workers" but "the country of departure undertakes to immediately repatriate illegal arrivals.

In this way we will remove the lifeblood of human traffickers". 

"If Europe presents itself in Libya with a plan for stability and prosperity - continues Minniti - it will be able to claim to have a single government interlocutor. It will therefore be a political incentive for the Libyan ruling classes. The Libyan government will then have to guarantee that the money does not end up in the wrong hands". This approach, he is pointed out, is the basis of the disputed

Italy-Libya memorandum

: "It is time to overcome that memorandum as well. The

mechanism of redistribution between EU countries is not decisive

, too divisive. plan for Africa, on the other hand, will not be. Every euro invested in Africa is a euro invested in Europe".