Minister of Community Policy Andrea Ronchi of Italy

Ronchi praised a proposal French President Nicolas Sarkozy is negotiating with other EU member states to crack down on illegal immigration, introduce new rules for asylum seekers and force immigrants to take language lessons.

Meeting the president of the European Parliament, Andrea Ronchi said that "we must ensure that mosques are not present those organizations that do not sign an agreement of intent in which, among other things, recognises the right to the State of Israel.

Meeting the president of the European Parliament, Hans Gert Poettering, Ronchi said that we must ensure that mosques do not contain those organizations that do not sign an agreement of intent in which, among other things, recognises the right to the State of Israel.

Ronchi said that there should be no limit to the existence of mosques in Italy but they should be managed in a transparent manner and included in a national register.

Italy's European Affairs Minister Andrea Ronchi is to visit Madrid on Thursday to explain Rome's policies "and end tension" that has arisen over the matter, the government said Monday.

However, Ronchi said he did not want Italy's largest Muslim group, the Union of Islamic Communities of Italy (UCOII) to take part in the initiative, calling them "the real exponents of non-dialogue.