Tajani: “United with Africa to create wellbeing for our peoples” (Avvenire)
From the southern shores of the Mediterranean to South Africa, from the Ivory Coast to Kenya, about 70 African delegates will take part in the first Italy-Africa Business Dialogue Forum to be held today at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A total of 47 business associations from 21 countries of the continent will attend. […]
Read moreTajani: “Netanyahu has to listen to us, Israel must not neglect the G7 appeal” (La Stampa)
Antonio Tajani answers the phone after talking with Israel Katz, the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs. It was a busy day: the meeting with the Ambassadors of Arab and Islamic Countries and the online meeting with the EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs. Then, starting tonight, is the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Capri. Minister, what […]
Read moreAntonio Tajani: “A dangerous spiral, we will mobilise the G7 countries” (Corriere della Sera)
Foreign Minister Tajani: “I spoke at length with my Iranian counterpart. The existence of Israel cannot be questioned”. On Friday afternoon, while he was on the motorway from Verona to Milan, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani – who had been in constant contact with Prime Minister Meloni, Minister Crosetto and Undersecretary Mantovano since last night – […]
Read moreTajani: China is a strategic partner for Italy (MF)
A new season opens with regard to business relations with China. Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani had already assured that leaving the Silk Road would not compromise channels with China – on the contrary, it would allow bilateral cooperation to be further developed and strengthened. In December 2023, the decision […]
Read more“Ukraine can count on us”, the Italian Foreign Minister on his Country’s priorities during the G7 presidency
New conflicts and global threats have endangered the rules-based international order built after the Second World War. In 2024, Italy has the honour to chair the G7, a group organized around shared values of democracy, pluralism and respect of human rights. Also as a founding member of the European Union and the seventh biggest contributor […]
Read more«We suffered no pressure to participate in the raids against the Houthi rebels in Yemen. For the time being, we have given only political support» (Corriere della Sera)
Minister Tajani, did Italy suffer any pressure to participate in the military offensive of the United States and Great Britain against Houthi rebels in Yemen? «No pressure. We signed a political declaration on security in the Red Sea – which is the most important, and which France for example did not sign – but we […]
Read moreAntonio Tajani: «La Russa and the Quirinal? More stability with the Prime Minister» (Corriere della Sera)
Antonio Tajani has just closed the annual Conference of Italian Ambassadors held in Rome. He read the final speech that Giorgia Meloni, unable to attend due to the flu, was supposed to give. The speech was an assessment of the first year of the centre-right Italian government’s foreign policy. At Atreju, Meloni made an entirely […]
Read moreTajani urges the ECB to lower interest rates (Nazione – Carlino – Giorno)
Interview with the Deputy Prime Minister from Forza Italia « It is the first item on the European Agenda, inflation is falling. There is agreement and good harmony with France». Deputy Prime Minister Tajani «Now it is time for the ECB to lower interest rates». The leader of Forza Italia: with inflation down by 10 […]
Read moreItaly presses Netanyahu to consider aftermath of conflict (Financial Times)
Italy’s foreign minister has urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to use the four-day pause in hostilities in Gaza to consider the region’s political future, once the active phase of the conflict is over. Antonio Tajani told the Financial Times the Israeli government needed to talk to its closest allies on the next steps, saying: […]
Read moreAntonio Tajani: « Rigour on spending and debt. A fund to privatize public assets is needed». (Il Sole 24 Ore)
Fiscal stability and greater rigour on spending: the high public debt does not allow the government to take risks. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani makes it clear: we need to fight debt, not look the other way. This is his view on the economic dossiers of the government, which is committed to […]
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