Tajani: “An escalation of incalculable impact must be averted. Arab mediation needed” (Corriere della Sera)
On the side of Israel and its people, who are suffering a “monstrous” aggression against defenceless civilians, women, children, the elderly, and not a mere act of war or terrorism. Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani has no doubts as to what Italy’s position should be in the conflict that has just erupted in […]
Read moreTajani on migrant landings: “A worldwide problem. We need a Marshall Plan involving the UN”
Minister Antonio Tajani, there is tension with magistrates, with NGOs, with Berlin: the migrant issue is increasingly central and divisive. Do you feel besieged? “It is not a matter of feeling besieged, but of finding solutions to a European, if not global, problem – migration – which requires concrete answers. The phenomenon is so vast […]
Read moreTajani: “Seven NGO ships to Lampedusa are no accident. Now Berlin must clarify” (la Repubblica)
The rift remains, and indeed worsens. “The news of seven NGO ships, some flying the German flag, heading for Lampedusa confirms our concern and our analysis, and what I had just told Minister Baerbock”, says Antonio Tajani, back in Berlin from the meeting, not without bitterness, with his counterpart Annalena Baerbock. The Italian Deputy Prime […]
Read moreTajani: “A plan for Africa. We need solutions, not electoral posturing” (Corriere della Sera)
Antonio Tajani is on an Ita flight to New York. On the tray table in his front row seat is a folder marked “United Nations”, containing the Plan for Africa that the Italian Government is working on. Wearing a shirt and trainers, the Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs flips through the agenda of […]
Read moreTajani: «Little business in the pact with China. Criticising the Commissioner is not disrespect» (La Repubblica)
Minister Tajani, during the G20 in India, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met the Prime Minister of China. The topic at the centre of the meeting was the renewal of the Silk Road agreement, and it seems to be confirmed that it is heading to a halt. What do you propose? Having a positive framework of […]
Read moreTajani: “Italy Wants To Be Key Partner for Kazakhstan” (The Astana Times)
Minister Tajani, welcome to Astana. Your visit to Kazakhstan is eagerly awaited. Could you please share some thoughts on its main goals? I have been looking forward to visiting your beautiful country for so long. Since its independence in 1991, Kazakhstan has always been a key partner for Italy in the Region. This visit is […]
Read more“Italy for peace” (Avvenire)
“The Italian government is paying great attention to the Holy See’s attempt to encourage the launch of a peace process and intends to do everything in its power to support it, without failing to assist Ukraine, the victim of Russia’s brutal aggression. My trip to China in September also goes in that direction”. Antonio Tajani, […]
Read more«A law to be written well to safeguard savers. The ECB made a mistake, but it would be wrong to turn against the banks. Forza Italia will be ambitious» (il Giornale)
Antonio Tajani, Forza Italia’s leader, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, explains his opinion on the additional profit tax for banks, which «could be decided with closed markets», and on the minimum wage, to which he favours the Italian mediation proposal. He continues by discussing how he will relaunch his party, the world forecasts, […]
Read moreMarcinelle, Italian emigrants and the sacrifice honouring the country (Il Mattino)
On 8 August 1956 in Marcinelle, on the outskirts of Charleroi, a fire broke out in one of the pits of the Bois du Cazier coal mine, killing 262 miners, 136 of whom were Italians coming from Abruzzo, Friuli, Apulia, Marche, Molise, Calabria and Sicily, Lombardy and Tuscany, Veneto and Campania. After having participated many […]
Read more“Russia and Wagner the new colonisers in Africa; the EU must now change course” (La Stampa)
The Prime Minister of Niger, currently in exile in France, appealed to Italy and the West to provide support in stopping not only the coup leaders, but above all the jihadists heading south. Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani replied that a Western military intervention was not an option at the moment and that […]
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