Di Maio: “The masks will arrive. Even diplomacy saves lives” (Il Fatto Quotidiano)
No doubt about the line, quite the opposite: “We have allies, like the United States. And then we have invested in friendship with China and Russia, and we have done well given the help they are giving us. Diplomacy saves lives”. While grappling with masks and lung ventilators to be found (“our ambassadors around the […]
Read moreDi Stefano«When this emergency is over, we need to reconsider the workings of the EU» (IL DUBBIO)
Manlio Di Stefano, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, and member of the 5-Star Movement is convinced that nothing will be the same after this Pandemic, beginning with the European Union. Italy is receiving aid from China, Cuba, Venezuela, Russia, all countries that until recently were considered illiberal, at best, by the public opinion. Has anything changed […]
Read moreDi Maio: “Here’s 100 million masks from abroad.” (il Fatto Quotidiano)
This is the new 100 Quota: one hundred million masks per month to deal with the Coronavirus emergency. “We have signed a contract for 100 million masks: from Wednesday, doctors will begin to arrive, surgery – said Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio -. There will be six million, then twenty every week. The Ministry of […]
Read moreDel Re: “Global Commitment for Cooperators Abroad” (Avvenire magazine)
We are also working for international volunteers. We are doing so on several fronts, “so that all our compatriots who are not resident abroad can return to Italy, wherever there is a clear will or need to do it”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated. The urgent need to think about evacuation plans for the […]
Read moreSereni: “Italian foreign policy at the time of the Coronavirus”” (formiche.net)
Marina Sereni, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Pd political party: “We need to review the industrial strategy with national security in mind. We must pay attention to certain stories.” “”We are living a peculiar situation; we pass form hours of total frenzy, consider, for example, the difficulties in organising the return of Italians […]
Read moreDel Re: “Those loving us are the most suffering” (Avvenire)
Dear Director, Videos of African children smiling and inciting Italy to hold on are circulating on the web. Our country, they say, has experienced hard moments in history but has always overcome them. I have republished the video myself, thanking them. Many Syrian refugees I’ve known since I worked in the refugee camps, write me […]
Read moreItalian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio interview (BBC)
Link BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51852320 Il Coronavirus ha causato 1.016 vittime in Italia, sostengono le fonti ufficiali, ma il Ministro degli Esteri Luigi Di Maio spera che il suo paese sarà il primo in Europa a superare l’emergenza. Altre 188 persone sono morte in 24 ore. Tuttavia, Di Maio ha dichiarato alla BBC che le misure imposte nella […]
Read moreItalian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio interview (BBC)
Link BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51852320 Coronavirus has claimed 1,016 lives in Italy, officials say, but Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio says he hopes his country will be the first in Europe to get over the emergency. Another 188 people died over 24 hours. However, Mr Di Maio told the BBC the measures imposed in the first area of […]
Read moreDi Maio: “Si el coronavirus para Italia, se muere Europa” (La Vanguardia)
Como ministro de Asuntos Exteriores italiano, Luigi Di Maio (Avellino, 1986) está concentrado en trasladar al extranjero que la situación italiana por el coronavirus, con más de 5.800 contagiados, está bajo control. El hasta no hace mucho líder del Movimiento 5 Estrellas (M5E) aborda en esta conversación con La Vanguardia el desafio sanitario, pero también […]
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