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15 July 2020
Di Maio: “Letta, Draghi, Mion: it’s part of my job, I speak with people who have different views from me” (Il Fatto Quotidiano)

Dear Director, I have decided to write this letter because I’ve noticed that, for several days now, my appointment schedule is making headline news, with misleading reconstructions penned even by yourself, which particularly pained me. I want to be clear, the press must do its job. Someone has said that the duty of a journalist […]

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13 July 2020
Interview of Minister Di Maio to Il Foglio

DI MAIO SPEAKS WITH “SPORTELLATE”. IN LIBYA WE NEED BOTH DIALOGUE AND FORCEFULNESS Di Maio says that the wells dug by Eni in Libya are geostrategic assets of Italy and must therefore “be forcefully defended”. Di Maio mentions the praise spoken by Merkel (she approached me and said: “You are well spoken of”). Di Maio […]

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7 July 2020
Del Re: Coronavirus, from the vaccine to inequalities between countries and within countries. Italy and Europe ready for the challenge of the future in order to “rebuild better” (Il Fatto Quotidiano)

The inter-institutional Operating Coordination Committee on Italy’s contribution to the prevention of and global response to the COVID-19 pandemic was inaugurated on 30 June at the Farnesina. From a political point of view, the Committee offers a centre of liaison and coordination of the initiatives of all the actors involved, in order to consolidate the […]

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7 July 2020
Del Re: “Let’s help Africa to help ourselves” (Corriere della Sera)

In Italy there are over 6 million people involved in voluntary work. When people say to me that this is “the other Italy”, I reply: “No, this is Italy”. In our country there is a keen sense of philanthropy and selflessness, also secular in nature. It is part of our DNA. For example, the Spedale […]

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30 June 2020
Di Maio: “Europe has responded to the crisis. Now it’s up to the government to live up to it.” (La Stampa)

Europe has responded strongly to the crisis, and I have confidence in Ursula Von der Leyen. Now it is up to the Italian government to prove to be capable of managing the challenge. At the age of 33, Luigi Di Maio lived many lives. In the latter, as foreign minister, he discovered that the cruel […]

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24 June 2020
Di Stefano: “Only 800 SMEs out of 140 thousand use export funds” (Il Sole 24 Ore)

The pact for export, presented last June 8th by Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio with a funding of 1.4 billion euros, enters the operational phase. In the last few days, the Foreign Ministry’s Facilitation Committee has outlined the new guidelines for the use by Simest of the instruments defined by Law 394 on internationalisation, now […]

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9 June 2020
Di Maio «We need concrete solutions to get the economy back on its feet. My style? Doing, not speaking» (Il Messaggero)

He smiles beneath the blue mask with a stylised Italian flag. The operation was clearly a political success and Luigi Di Maio knows it. He was able to bring together at the Foreign Ministry Cabinet ministers from Italia Viva (Teresa Bellanova) and the Democratic Party (from Dario Franceschini to Roberto Gualtieri and Paola De Micheli), plus Paola Pisano […]

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8 June 2020
Sereni: Covid-19, Italy and the promotion of women’s fundamental rights (International Affairs)

Throughout the world, coronavirus crisis has hit women hardest, but it has also demonstrated their great strength and resilience, starting with the key role they have played at the forefront of healthcare workers and in scientific laboratories. Among the effects of the lockdown there has been a dramatic increase in episodes of domestic violence and […]

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4 June 2020
Africa, human rights and vaccine race. The views of Deputy Minister Del Re (Formiche.net)

“A full -fledged conversation with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emanuela Del Re. These are her words on Libya: “It’s necessary to reason from a European perspective because no country can resolve the crisis alone” Africa, its risks and opportunities, Italian and international efforts, the commitment to defend human rights and the challenge of […]

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