Via AKI:
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and French president Nicolas Sarkozy together called for a revision of the Schengen treaty which removes border controls among the 25 European members.
"We both believe that in exceptional circumstances there should be variations to the Schengen treaty on which we have decided to work together," Berlusconi said, echoing comments by Sarkozy at a joint news conference after a summit in Rome.
Berlusconi and Sarkozy said they have signed a letter to be sent to European Commission, the EU's executive body to propose changes to the treaty allowing individual states to temporarily suspend the free movement of people under certain circumstances.
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