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Ministri precedenti

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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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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Press Releases
1 July 2013
Somalia: Bonino meets Igad secretary in Rome, Horn of Africa a priority for Italy

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino met today at the foreign ministry in Rome with Mahboub Maalim, Executive Secretary of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a regional institution that groups the countries of the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda and Eritrea) and is active in one of the […]

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Press Releases
1 July 2013
Datagate: Bonino requests clarification

Regarding the well known Datagate affair, yesterday Italy requested immediate verification from its American counterparts through the intervention of the foreign ministry, including the necessary clarification regarding this highly sensitive situation. For its part, the U.S. quickly assured that every clarification would be forthcoming both as concerns the EU and its Member States. We are […]

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1 July 2013
Croatia in the EU – Balkans European integration an Italian priority

At midnight on July 1st Croatia officially became the 28th member of the European Union. Tens of thousands of people celebrated through the night in the squares and streets of all the country’s cities a goal reached after ten years of reforms aimed at democratic and liberal development. President Napolitano and Minister Bonino at the […]

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27 June 2013
Bonino, italiani all’estero contributo essenziale per Paese (in translation)

“Il vostro contributo e’ essenziale, noi siamo un Paese che non ha risorse prime, ma abbiamo un’unica risorsa, quella umana”. Così il Ministro degli Esteri Emma Bonino si è rivolta all’Assemblea Plenaria del Consiglio Generale degli Italiani all’Estero (Cgie) organizzata dal 26 al 28 giugno alla Farnesina. Un’assemblea che, quest’anno, va a coincidere con la […]

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