Ministri precedenti

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5 July 2013

Bonino for EAST: Europe needs a federal solution

“Europe: rediscovering federalist origins to avoid decline”, is the title of an article by Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino for the latest issue of the magazine “East-European Crossroads”, directed by Flavio Fusi. An article in which the minister analyses the limitations and virtues of a Europe that, 60 years on, “allows its inhabitants to […]

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5 July 2013

Bonino to big business: involve SMEs in foreign missions

Speaking in Rome at the conference “The new geography of Made in Italy, beyond luxury and beyond BIRCS”, Minister Emma Bonino launched an appeal to Italian big business to involve SMEs in their foreign missions. She urged them to collaborate with the foreign ministry even “when things are going well”, so as to “include” other […]

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5 July 2013

EGYPT: Italy fostering dialogue – ‘DATAGATE’: awaiting clarification, EU-US free-trade talks must go forward

Relations with Egypt and relations with the U.S. in matters of data management were the topics of a briefing by Minister Emma Bonino before the joint Parliamentary Constitutional Affairs, Foreign and Defence Commissions. Process of constitutional normalisation obligatory, respect for fundamental rights The minister explained that, in Egypt, a “significant” portion of the population considered […]

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4 July 2013

Datagate – Bonino briefs Parliament – Awaiting clarification, but EU-US talks must go forward

Italy awaits clarification on Datagate, since a relationship of trust between allies is at stake. At the same time, suspending free-trade negotiations set to being on Monday in Washington would run counter to our own interests, stated Minister Emma Bonino in a briefing on the government’s relations with the U.S. in matters of information management […]

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4 July 2013

Egypt: Bonino, Italy working to restore National dialogue

Italy is monitoring developments in Egypt with “heightened attention”, where “exceptional measures” have been introduced, and is working to facilitate “dialogue among all parties” so that those measures “last the shortest time possible”, Minister Emma Bonino stated during a briefing before the joint Parliamentary Constitutional Affairs, Foreign and Defence Commissions. Process of constitutional normalisation obligatory, […]

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4 July 2013

EGYPT: COMPLEX SITUATION THAT CALLS FOR PRUDENCE, SAYS BONINO

With regard to the situation in Egypt, Minister Emma Bonino, said it was “absolutely in flux”. Prudence, she added, is the best line to take, without falling into judgments or assessments of a situation that cannot be reduced to a tweet”.

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Press Releases

4 July 2013

Annual meeting in Rome with Ambassadors of UNESCAP

Minister Bonino participated in the 3rd annual meeting in Rome with the ambassadors of the Asian country members of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). Members of the group include the Mission Heads of China, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic […]

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Press Releases

3 July 2013

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino receives Iraqi Deputy Premier Al Shawys in Rome

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino received Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Al Shawys in Rome today at the head of a ministerial delegation, on a visit to Italy with the aim of increasing trade and investments and of encouraging the ever-increasing contribution of Italian small and medium sized enterprises to the diversification of Iraqi production. […]

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3 July 2013

‘Datagate’: Bonino in Parliament (Thursday 4 July) – Relations with the U.S. on matters of information management

“Relations with the U.S. on matters of information management” will be the topic of Minister Emma Bonino’s briefing, on behalf of the government, on Thursday 4 July before the joint constitutional, foreign and defence commissions of the Upper and Lower Houses of Parliament. In the margins of a Confindustria conference, and in an interview with […]

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2 July 2013

No stop to U.S.-EU free-trade negotiations, says Bonino – Datagate: U.S. clarification needed for mutual trust

“I hope that U.S.-EU free-trade negotiations have not been put at risk”, stated Minister Emma Bonino, who called for “a bit more calm” in making judgments. Clarification from the United States on its alleged engagement in espionage is “indispensable for maintaining mutual trust, but awareness of the importance of the free-trade treaty is a must”. […]

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Interviews

2 July 2013

Bonino: «The U.S., Europe and Italy share a bond of friendship. We must now avoid a free-trade block» (Corriere della Sera)

ROME – According to Minister Emma Bonino, the Datagate scandal is altering international balances. The idea that the United States could spy on its Western allies has shaken the European Union. What does the nation’s foreign policy chief think? “We reacted immediately and demanded verification from our American counterparts. I admit that the affair is […]

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2 July 2013

EUROPE – Bonino: Rekindling the pro-Europe passion

It is necessary to rekindle the “pro-Europe passion”, without giving in to “pessimism”, since “there is no alternative” to the EU. Minister Bonino spoke at the foreign ministry in Rome during the dedication of a hall to Ambassador Silvio Fagiolo, one of the leaders in the formation of the European Community and who recently passed […]

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