Gentiloni: «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 moreGentiloni: “IS a serious threat. Europe must do more for persecuted Christians” (Avvenire)
Gentiloni: “IS a serious threat. Europe must do more for persecuted Christians” (Avvenire) Real terrorism risk in Italy also by Arturo Celletti The threat of terrorism exists. It is real. But careful not to equate Islam or immigrants with terrorism. Paolo Gentiloni pauses a moment to think, then underscores those two points even more […]
Read moreGiro: ‘‘Fondamentali per l’Italia difesa e controllo della reputazione all’estero’’ (Milano Finanza)
Rimbalzano in questa settimana i messaggi sulla perdita di appetibilità internazionale dell’Italia a tutti i livelli: un Paese che non attira più né investitori stranieri, né turisti, né emigrati. I costi di una diminuita reputazione, più o meno fondata, si calcolano in perdita di talenti e flussi turistici. Cosa fare per gestire la propria reputazione, […]
Read moreGentiloni: “A country to be reunified. Italy will always stay in the front line” (La Stampa)
The hopes of the Arab Spring have given way, in the Arab world, to an atmosphere where fear mingles with disillusionment. The Tunisian experience remains as evidence that not all of the promises have fallen by the wayside. And the current stability of a great country like Egypt is safeguarding the entire region from greater […]
Read moreGentiloni: «Dalla Russia alla Libia privilegiare l`interesse nazionale» (Il Messaggero)
Appena rientrato da Abu Dhabi, è in partenza oggi per Bruxelles e domani per Basilea. Dagli Emirati Arabi Uniti ai vertici Nato e Osce. Il ministro degli Esteri Paolo Gentiloni si destreggia fra crisi regionali e fusi orari seguendo una sola bussola che è, dice, «l`interesse nazionale». Ai tempi della guerra in Libia, nel 2011, […]
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