Brussels, 31/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, visiting Bucharest on Monday 30 May, assured Romanian President Traian Basescu that Italy was working to ensure Romania's entry to the Schengen area before the end of 2011, the ANSA agency reports. Berlusconi spoke of his government's “decisive action” on behalf of Romanian accession.
“We desperately wanted Romania to join the EU and we now stand four-square with you so that you can become fully fledged...