Gentiloni: «Sicilian companies should have the courage to unite to conquer foreign markets» (Giornale di Sicilia)
It is crucial for Italian and Sicilian small and medium-sized companies to find the ways and means to open up to global markets, producing a trade surplus through exports that would also contribute to bolstering Italy’s local economies. The Italian economic system – explains Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni – supports SMEs, offering a whole set […]
Read moreGENTILONI «Growth and defence: we must react and take strong decisions. It is our last chance».
Minister Gentiloni, former Italian Ambassador to the U.S., Giovanni Castellaneta, warns that with Trump at the White House Italy and Europe will no longer be able to count on the USA as in the past years. Are you convinced of that too? “We will cooperate with the president-elect. The U.S. is our number one ally. […]
Read moreGiro: «Venezuela, la mediazione del Papa nello scontro politico» ( Il Manifesto)
La situazione in Venezuela oggi, specialmente dopo la vittoria di Donald Trump, assume caratteristiche paradossali. Il conflitto socio-politico tra una vecchia destra oligarchica e una nuova sinistra egualitaria che aveva caratterizzato l’epoca di Chavez, ha lasciato il posto ad una congiuntura caotica in cui i confini ideologici e di schieramento si confondono sempre più. Messa […]
Read moreGiro: «Il G7 sarà una vetrina per la Sicilia» (Sicilia Catania)
“Certamente, il nesso è diretto”. Il vice ministro degli Esteri, Mario Giro, reduce da un impegno in Sicilia in favore del Sì al referendum, non ha dubbi: il potenziale veto annunciato ieri dal governo sul Bilancio Ue è un altolà anche sul parere che oggi Bruxelles darà sulla nostra manovra. Una forma di pressione (“il […]
Read moreGentiloni – Avramopoulos: “Migrants, helping Africa to help Europe” (La Repubblica)
Dear Editor, the challenges raised by the migration flows to Europe during these last few years have shown that we need a global approach reaching well beyond European borders. This is why the European Union launched a new strategy with the aim of defining a Compact with the principal Countries of origin and transit of […]
Read moreArticle by Minister Gentiloni “A leader’s vision” (L’Unità)
Barack Obama is closing his eight-year mandate at the White House reaping a high level of popularity. He found an America affected by the most severe economic crisis since the end of the two world wars, and involved, with thousands of soldiers on the ground, in conflicts increasingly difficult to be justified. He is leaving […]
Read moreInterview with Paolo Gentiloni – “Obama’s legacy is the fight against inequalities”
Mr Minister, there was a special feeling also between Bush and Berlusconi: what makes it different from the one between Obama and Renzi? “The connection between Renzi an Obama is not only based on a geopolitical convenience but on an analogy of ideals. They have a similar way of seeing the problems of the world.” […]
Read moreGentiloni: «It will be a definitive defeat but terrrorism will not end» (Il Messaggero)
Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni is already looking forward to after the battle. «The final defeat of Daesh, the self-proclaimed Caliphate, is within reach,» he said. However, we cannot make the same mistakes of the past, we must avoid acts of vengeance and go beyond the simple military dimension of the fight against terrorism». Minister, how long will it […]
Read more«Tutti pazzi per l’italiano, la lingua delle insegne» (la Repubblica Affari & Finanza)
«La promozione della lingua italiana nel mondo è uno strumento essenziale di politica estera nonché un innegabile fattore di crescita economica». A parlare è il viceministro degli Esteri Mario Giro, ideatore degli stati generali della lingua italiana, un progetto lanciato dalla Farnesina per stimolare la diffusione dell’italiano all’estero. Al di là dell’intrinseco valore dell’internazionalizzazione di […]
Read morePaolo Gentiloni and Maurizio Martina: “A Week in which to promote Made in Italy cuisine” (Il Sole 24 Ore)
A legacy from Expo Milano 2015 that the Government is bringing forward is the «Food Act» project, which includes the protocol of understanding signed last March to promote Italian high-quality cuisine abroad. Thanks to this, we have created for the first time a team that puts together institutions, companies, chambers of commerce, the world of […]
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