Tajani: “The Adriatic regained its strategic importance” (La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno)
The meeting with the foreign ministers of Bulgaria, Albania and North Macedonia dedicated to the “Pan-European Corridor VIII” opens today in Brindisi. Minister Antonio Tajani, why did you choose Brindisi? “Corridor VIII, which starts in Apulia and arrives on the shores of the Black Sea via Albania, North Macedonia and Bulgaria, is a great European […]
Read moreTajani: “Italy is no longer alone on migration. National security actions will not suffice” (Avvenire)
Today marks the end of a long period that saw the Italian government involved in the preparation and management of two international conferences held in Rome over the last four days. The first was the “Conference on Development and Migration” called for by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and organised on Sunday at the Farnesina. At […]
Read moreTajani: “Fighting crime even harder” (Il Mattino)
“The minimum wage risks pushing salaries down. We must instead cut the tax burden on the additional items of wages: we want to give concrete things to workers,” explains Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani, announcing an Italian government measure to that effect in the near future. After that, however, […]
Read more“In Europe you cannot rule with Le Pen”. Interview with Foreign Minister Tajani (IL FOGLIO)
As to taxation, Minister Tajani makes a distinction: ‘We have always been in favour of tax peace and I am very glad that the League has chosen to follow our policy line on this issue, but Forza Italia is against any type of amnesty”. As to justice, Minister Tajani has no doubt: “We are with […]
Read moreTajani: «There is just one majority party to beat the left-wing parties in the UE. Lega? They can join» (Corriere della Sera)
Rome – Antonio Tajani, the next President of FI (Forza Italia), why would you impose «vetoes» on centre-right coalitions in Europe based on the Italian model, as Mr Salvini fears? «I don’t impose any vetoes. I am just being realistic». Realistic about what? «About the fact that there is only one political majority able to beat […]
Read moreTajani: “Enough with the proclamations. This is how the ECB drags us into recession” (Il Giornale)
“I’m disappointed”. Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani criticises the President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde upon this latter announcing an interest rate hike in July. Do you think we risk recession this way? “Caution is needed. I don’t understand why you would announce a rate increase so […]
Read moreTajani:” Russia comes out of the crisis weakened, but we are not at war with Russia” (La Stampa)
In the chaos that has reached the gates of Moscow, while Wagner’s military attempted a coup d’état and civil war came close in Russia, we have kept our nerve”, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said, well aware that this “could be a turning point”, even in the war in Ukraine. Today he will discuss the topic […]
Read moreTajani: “Bei der AfD gibt es eine rote Linie” (Die Welt)
Antonio Tajani war in seinem Leben Journalist und Offizier der italienischen Luftwaffe, seit vergangenem Herbst ist er stellvertretender Ministerpräsident und Außenminister von Italien. Zuvor bekleidete Tajani hohe Ämter in Brüssel, war von 2017 bis 2019 Präsident des Europäischen Parlaments. Im Gespräch erklärt er, wie die Europäische Volkspartei (EVP) – zu der sowohl Tajanis Forza Italia als auch die CDU/CSU […]
Read moreTajani: «Putin intenta recomponer la Unión Soviética y no parará» (El País)
Antonio Tajani (Roma, 69 años), vicepresidente del Ejecutivo italiano y ministro de Exteriores, fue cocinero antes que fraile. En este caso, periodista antes que político. Sabe torear bien en plazas complicadas. Pero en esta ocasión, una entrevista el viernes en uno de los grandes salones del palacio de la Farnesina, sede del Ministerio de Exteriores, […]
Read moreAntonio Tajani – Manfred Weber: “EU must regain control of the Mediterranean, national selfishness brings insecurity” (La Stampa)
Europe is walking blindly toward a new migration crisis. In the first quarter of 2023, more than 80,000 people crossed the EU’s borders illegally. Illegal border crossings on the Central Mediterranean route alone have increased by nearly 150 percent compared to the same period in 2022. These figures translate into overcrowded refugee centers, increased controls […]
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