Di Maio: “Pandemic puts Europe’s collective future at risk” (Dpa International)
“Original version published by Dpa International” The Italian foreign minister urges EU unity against the coronavirus threat, defends his government’s response to the epidemic despite a record death toll, and talks about missing being able to hug people. Rome (dpa) – Europe must give an “unequivocal, strong and adequate” response to the coronavirus pandemic, or its future will be at […]
Read moreDi Maio: “This is not 2008, Italy will not become the shopping outlet of foreign companies” (Il Sole 24 Ore)
“Italy will not become the shopping outlet of other countries, as in 2008”. At the end of a meeting with the technical-scientific committee, the Prime Minister and Cabinet colleagues, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, assured the business daily Il Sole 24 Ore that in the face of the crisis triggered by the coronavirus, “national strategic […]
Read moreDel Re: “Investire sull’Africa per il nostro futuro: la soluzione è nel multilaterale” (Limes)
In un recente articolo sul Financial Times il premier dell’Etiopia Abiy Ahmed, premio Nobel per la pace 2019, condivide la sua visione ai tempi del coronavirus: se non si elabora subito una strategia sanitaria adeguata per l’Africa, non soltanto il virus ritornerà ad infettare il resto del mondo, ma l’economia globale ne risentirà fortemente. “Le […]
Read moreنائبة وزير الشؤون الخارجية الإيطالية ديل راي: “الإستثمار في أفريقيا لمستقبل افضل: الحل هو التعاون المتعدد الأطراف”(ليميس)
رئيس الوزراء الإثيوبي أبي أحمد الذي فاز بجائزة نوبل للسلام في سنة 2019 عبّر عن رؤيته في ما يتعلق بازمة كوفيد 19 حسب ما نشرته مجلة الفينانشال تايمز موخرا قائلا: إذا لم نقوم على الفور بوضع استراتيجية صحية مناسبة لأفريقيا سيكون للفيروس تأثير ليس فقط على الصحة العالمية ولكن أيضا على الاقتصاد العالمي. ويحذر من […]
Read moreDel Re: “Investing in Africa for our future: multilateralism is the solution” (Limes)
In a recent article in the Financial Times, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Nobel Peace Prize 2019 laureate, shares his vision in the coronavirus era: if we don’t set up an adequate health strategy for Africa immediately, not only the virus will come back to infect the rest of the world, but also the global […]
Read moreDi Maio: “What matters now is the future of the European people” (Der Spiegel)
“Original version published by Der Spiegel” The Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio calls for more solidarity with Europe. The EU should focus on the trillion-dollar programmes of China and the US – and find an appropriate response. SPIEGEL: Mr Minister, Italy has been particularly affected by the coronavirus crisis. Your government is now […]
Read moreDi Maio: “The EU has to let us spend everything we need to help Italians” (fanpage.it)
Francesco Piccinini, editor of Fanpage.it, has interviewed Italian Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio in order to take stock of COVID emergency in Italy, particularly of the situation of the compatriots who were abroad when the contagion started, and of countering measures to implement aiming at facing the economic crisis we are going through: “In the […]
Read moreDel Re: “Already 30 thousand Italians repatriate due to Coronavirus emergency.” (fanpage.it)
Since the beginning of the Coronavirus emergency, more than 30 thousand compatriots have already returned to Italy from more than 30 different countries. The repatriation operations continue, with flights that will bring many compatriots back to Italy from Asia, Latin America and the United States. The Vice Foreign Minister, Emanuela Del Re, in an interview […]
Read moreBalcani-EU: Scalfarotto to “Nova”, the enlargement is a mutual benefit
Italy has always been very supportive of the European integration of the Western Balkans, a strategic region on the other side of the Adriatic with which “we have a very deep historical, social and economic bond”. This was stated by the Foreign Secretary, Ivan Scalfarotto, commenting for “Agenzia Nova” the decision of the European Council […]
Read moreDi Maio: “And now an international alliance to develop the vaccine” (Corriere della Sera)
“We need a major international alliance against the virus.” Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio is just back from the videoconference with colleagues from G7, dedicated to the Covid-19 emergency. So far, there has not really been a race of solidarity between countries to deal with the epidemic. “I told my colleagues at G7 that we […]
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