Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio proposed Tuesday a European anti-terrorism law similar to the American Patriot Act, the day after the Vienna attacks, in a message on Facebook.

"We must take measures to avoid the catastrophic attacks that occurred in Nice," where three people were killed five days ago, and Vienna where four people were killed on Monday evening, de Mayo declared.

"We have to start thinking about something bigger that includes the entire European Union: a European anti-terrorism law based on the American model, for example, because today we are the children of one European people," he added.

"The security of a state is the security of all other countries. I will address the issue with my counterparts in the coming days. Let us remain united against any form of terrorism and intolerance," he said.

And the US "Patriot" Act, passed in 2001 in the wake of the bloody attacks in the United States, amends some basic freedoms and allows for a greater margin of maneuver for intelligence agencies to investigate counterterrorism cases.

Di Maio said, "It is clear that Europe and Italy cannot continue to use the same circumstantial terms" about the attacks of recent days.