Tajani: “From Trieste to island states to manage marine resources” (Il Piccolo)
Oceans and seas play a crucial role in ecosystems, food security, combating climate change, and in providing quality food for a growing proportion of the global population. We, in Italy, know this well, with nearly 8,000 km of coastline and over 800 small islands. The effects of global warming and natural disasters are increasingly evident in […]
Read moreTajani: “Italy should remain in the Sahel. The coup leaders escorted our convoy” (la Repubblica)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, had spent some agitated hours before giving this interview. Yesterday, at 4 in the morning, he welcomed the first repatriation flight of Italian citizens from Niger, and he is now getting prepared for today’s tense day. It is the anniversary of the Niger independence, and protests are expected […]
Read moreTajani and Corridor VIII: “We will be a strategic hub for the entire South” (Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia)
Minister Antonio Tajani, could “Corridor VIII” be a way to facilitate Brindisi’s inclusion within the TEN-T network? What effect could today’s summit have on the ongoing negotiations within the European institutions? “Having Corridor VIII included in the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) was a great success. Having it included in the list of EU assets will […]
Read moreTajani: “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 […]
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