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Luigi Di Maio, Italian MP from the M5S party took aim the European Union failures in dealing with the migrant crisis, which has disproportionally hit his country.

Di Maio told him in video published by IlFatto Quotidiano: Dear President Macron, we do not know each other, we have never got the chance to meet, but I want to take advantage of the power of the Internet to send this message.

About 80% of migrants arriving in Europe go through Italy. It's simple math. Of the approximately 90,000 migrants that landed in 2017 in Europe, some 80,000 arrived in Italy."

The Italian politician then explained the shocking financial cost to his country and called for more help from the European budget.

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You claim to be pro-EU. But let me tell you something, its very easy to be pro-EU with the borders of others

Luigi Di Maio

You know that Italy takes care of 98% of the expenses to receive these migrants. Last year, Italians spent about 4.5 billion euros compared to only 100 million euros coming from the EU.

We ask the EU and Europe not only to help with the money but also with this phenomenon that involves, for geographical reasons, Italy and the EU border. We are an EU member and we should receive help.

Macron was swept into power on a wave of pro-EU sentiment - a point which Di Maio raised when he urged for collective action on the crisis on Italys shores.

President Macron, after your victory in France, everyone was talking about the victory of Europeanism. You claim to be pro-EU. But let me tell you something, its very easy to be pro-EU with the borders of others, especially with the Italian borders.

Germany and France have finally agreed to increase their relocation efforts of migrants from Italy as a crisis over should be done with the new arrivals threatens the whole EU.

The European Union has warned member states all countries must take their share of migrants, but a number of central European countries, in particular, Poland and Hungary, have refused.

Di Maio told Mr Macron: we expect the French and France to help and support us much more than what you have said and done so far.

It is time for all of Europe to take care of the migration problem, the immigration issue. We can no longer hide, we can no longer pretend that Italy is not the port of the EuropeanUnion and that it is receiving an astronomical number of migrants.

President Macron, the time has come to show some courage, it is time to really prove that there is stilla European Union. Lets solve the problem of immigration. Let's get everyone En Marche, as you like saying."

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