Brexit vote is 'closed nationalism' that belongs in past, says Italian PM
by Daniel Boffey in Rome from World news | The Guardian on (#2H19F)
Paolo Gentiloni speaks at Rome summit to celebrate EU's 60th anniversary that reaffirmed leaders' commitment to unity
Britain's decision to leave the EU has been described by the Italian prime minister as "closed nationalism" that belongs in the past during a summit in Rome to celebrate the bloc's 60th anniversary.
In an address at the Orazi and Curiazi Hall of the Capitol in the Piazza del Campidoglio, where the EU was founded six decades ago, Paolo Gentiloni expressed his discomfort with the motives behind the referendum result.
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