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Press Releases
14 November 2022
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, attends the European Union Foreign Affairs Council (Brussels, 14 November 2022)

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, is in Brussels today to attend the meeting of the European Union Foreign Affairs Council. The Council, chaired by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, firstly schedules an exchange of opinions […]

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Press Releases
13 November 2022
Note by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani

Italy most firmly condemns the cowardly bombing that shook the city of Istanbul today. In expressing solidarity to the families of the people affected and our wishes of prompt recovery to the people wounded, Italy reaffirms its closeness to Turkey’s institutions and people and, on the day marking the anniversary of the Bataclan slaughter, reiterates […]

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Interviews
13 November 2022
Tajani: «France’s reaction is disproportionate. Now Brussels must pass a code of conduct» (Corriere della Sera)

Minister Antonio Tajani, will the government succeed to make amends with France? «On the migration issue, we posed a political problem. We didn’t want to raise a controversy. On their part, France’s reaction was disproportionate, also stemming from domestic policy issues. We aim for stronger European action because the 7,000 kilometers of Italian coasts represent the southern […]

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Interviews
9 November 2022
Minister Tajani: “Determination pays off. A signal has been given. I will ask for an EU agreement” (Quotidiano Nazionale)

Minister Tajani, how will Italy respond to the very clear position taken by the European Union which disagrees with the government on disembarking migrants? Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said “we abide by international law. It is the non-governmental organisations who should play by the rules.”  This would create […]

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9 November 2022
Minister Tajani: “Determination pays off. A signal has been given. I will ask for an EU agreement”

Minister Tajani, how will Italy respond to the very clear position taken by the European Union which disagrees with the government on disembarking migrants? Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said “we abide by international law. It is the non-governmental organisations who should play by the rules.”  This would create […]

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8 November 2022
Tajani: «From the Balkans to Africa, Italy is key in peacekeeping»

If left unmanaged, migration flows are bound to increase: from Ukraine, if the war persists, from the Balkans should a Serbia-Kosovo crisis break out, and from the African continent, which is predicted to contain at least 2.5 billion people by 2050. Inaction is not an option for Italy, the geographical pier of Europe. This is […]

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Press Releases
4 November 2022
G7 FOREIGN MINISTERS’ STATEMENT

Preamble We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, underline our strong sense of unity and our unshakable commitment to uphold the rules-based international order and to protect the rights of all, including the most […]

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4 November 2022
Minister Tajani attends the Berlin Process Summit for the Western Balkans and the G7 Ministerial meeting ( Berlin-Munster 3-4 November 2022)

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, was in Berlin on the morning of 3 November to attend the Ninth Berlin Process Summit for the Western Balkans and in Münster in the afternoon of the same day and on 4 November to participate in  the G7 Foreign Ministers […]

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Press Releases
2 November 2022
Minister Tajani on mission to the Berlin Process Summit for the Western Balkans and the G7 Ministerial meeting (Berlin-Münster, 3-4 November 2022)

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, will be in Berlin on the morning of 3 November to attend the Ninth Berlin Process Summit for the Western Balkans and in Münster in the afternoon of the same day and on 4 November to attend the G7 Foreign Ministers […]

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30 October 2022
Tajani: «We need to count as much as Germany and France in Brussels»​

Minister Antonio Tajani, there seems to be no hint of peace in the war scenario; are we still up for the role of guarantor in a possible negotiation? «Our goal is clearly to achieve peace but there can be no peace without justice, and therefore without the independence of Kiev. Which means defending the values in which […]

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