Gentiloni: «Rapid pacification of Libya to combat terrorism» (Il Messaggero)
As Foreign Minister, would you say that we now have the first Italian victims of ISIS? Are Tunisia’s Ansar al Sharia jihadists aligned with the Caliphate? «We have the innocent victims of criminal terrorists. And then, it’s very difficult to make a clear distinction between Daesh [ISIS, editor’s note] and more traditional jihad-based terrorism. Certainly, […]
Read moreGentiloni: «Rapid pacification of Libya to combat terrorism» (Il Messaggero)
As Foreign Minister, would you say that we now have the first Italian victims of ISIS? Are Tunisia’s Ansar al Sharia jihadists aligned with the Caliphate? «We have the innocent victims of criminal terrorists. And then, it’s very difficult to make a clear distinction between Daesh [ISIS, editor’s note] and more traditional jihad-based terrorism. Certainly, […]
Read more“The threat of Islamic terrorism could lead to a united government” (La Stampa)
“Decisive meeting today in Morocco. The Ukrainian crisis? We need to place our bets on the ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy weaponry”. “There was no ‘mess’ over Palestine. The government has a balanced position, understood at the international level” by Cesare Martinetti Just a few weeks to defuse the prospect of “total war” in […]
Read moreGentiloni: «Europe must do more for illegals. Landings nearly doubled in one year» (Il Messaggero)
“Europe needs to be more engaged on immigration, to authentically share the burden at all stages, from the countries of origin to those of transit and up to the final miles and reception. It has to spend more resources on Triton”. Minister for Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni will raise the question at the next EU […]
Read moreGentiloni: «Europe must do more for illegals. Landings nearly doubled in one year» (Il Messaggero)
“Europe needs to be more engaged on immigration, to authentically share the burden at all stages, from the countries of origin to those of transit and up to the final miles and reception. It has to spend more resources on Triton”. Minister for Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni will raise the question at the next EU […]
Read moreGentiloni: “More money and means for Triton. EU doing too little to save human lives” (La Repubblica)
The Minister for Foreign Affairs was quoted after the tragedy at Lampedusa: “the largest economic area in the world cannot spend so little on a humanitarian crisis that everyone considers intolerable”. Interview by Vincenzo Nigro Minister Gentiloni, the government has been accused of wrongly replacing Mare Nostrum? What is your response? “Let’s try and avoid […]
Read moreGentiloni: an autonomous region in the east modelled on our South Tyrol (La Stampa)
“An autonomous region in the east modelled on our South Tyrol” Gentiloni: the military option would help Putin in the end, sanctions more effective Interviewed by Paolo Mastrolilli, correspondent in New York “We do not consider supplying weapons to Ukraine a good idea. We are hoping in the success of the negotiations; our South Tyrol […]
Read moreGentiloni: “Italy and the Islamic State on our shores” (Il Foglio) Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s interview with the “Il Foglio” newspaper
What to do about Libya? No military solutions, no division of the country. Gentiloni explains where the Italian negotiations are heading by Paola Peduzzi Milan. The negotiations in Libya are moving, some results are being achieved “for the first time”, and “the reawakened glimmer of hope in the talks overseen by the United Nations is […]
Read moreGentiloni: “A single European intelligence service” (Nazione – Carlino – Giorno)
Minister Gentiloni, we are witnessing a confrontation between two forms of Islam. How can we strengthen the moderate Islam that is open to dialogue? “We must not agree with those who identify Islam with terrorism: doing that would be not just a gift to terrorists but idiotic too. That said, the religious institutions and civil […]
Read moreGentiloni: “The EU is not a running faucet for sanctions” (La Stampa)
Minister Gentiloni, there an infinite number of issues are on the table for 2015. Shall we begin with Russia? «Alright». Regarding the Moscow sanctions “for illegal actions in Ukraine”, is there a softer European approach and a harsher U.S. one, and can you tell us how Italy has chosen to act? «To tell the truth […]
Read more