Politica Estera

Interviews

14 September 2015

Gentiloni: «Too much pressure on Italy and Germany, either Europe acts or we’re over the cliff» (la Repubblica)

Minister Paolo Gentiloni, your country has long known the tragedy of refugees in the Mediterranean, but Italy’s voice has not been heard. Has it not been loud enough? «It is sad that Europe needs a tragedy to get moving. The fact is, however, that last April, when a boatload capsized in the Mediterranean, killing hundreds, […]

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10 September 2015

Common rules on repatriation and the right to asylum, urges Gentiloni

Italy is working on a review of the Dublin agreement for a European right to asylum and common rules on repatriation, Foreign Minister Gentiloni has told the Chamber of Deputies. The Minister was speaking during the session on the future of the European Union, on which, he observed, “we have our compass pointing in a […]

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10 September 2015

Common rules on repatriation and the right to asylum, urges Gentiloni

Italy is working on a review of the Dublin agreement for a European right to asylum and common rules on repatriation, Foreign Minister Gentiloni has told the Chamber of Deputies. The Minister was speaking during the session on the future of the European Union, on which, he observed, “we have our compass pointing in a […]

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8 September 2015

Gentiloni attends international conference to relaunch an Action Plan against ethnic and religious violence in the Middle East

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni is attending an international conference in Paris on the victims of ethnic and religious violence in the Middle East. The conference is being co-chaired by France and Jordan, with Gentiloni himself chairing a round table on “Facilitating the safe and sustainable repatriation of homeless people and refugees”. The representatives of 60 […]

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5 September 2015

Gentiloni alla Gymnich, Italia lavora per impegno comune UE

“L’Italia lavora per un impegno comune della UE sull’immigrazione”, così ha dichiarato il Ministro Gentiloni al termine della riunione informale Gymnich  dei Ministri degli Esteri UE svoltasi a Lussemburgo. “Qualche mese fa – ha aggiunto il Ministro – qualcuno pensava che la questione riguardasse solo i flussi del Mediterraneo. Adesso vediamo scene terribili anche nell’Europa centrale e […]

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4 September 2015

Global security and immigration challenges – Gentiloni at the Forum Ambrosetti and Gymnich

Global security and its implications for business and persons will be the topic of Minister Gentiloni’s speech at the 41st edition of the Forum Ambrosetti this morning at Villa d’Este in Cernobbio. Other themes will include the Middle East peace process and implementation of the Iran nuclear accord and its impact on EU-Iran and regional […]

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Interviews

26 August 2015

“Enough talk of homework”, says Gentiloni. “Italy is doing its duty” (Corriere della Sera)

The German Chancellor, Merkel, and the French President, Hollande, are urging our government to open migrant registration centres “in a short timescale, by the end of the year”. And Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s reply is that “Italy is doing what it must do, indeed much more: saving tens of thousands of human lives and […]

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Press Releases

25 August 2015

Libya: Minister Gentiloni’s telephone contacts on the outlook for a solution to the crisis

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, had a number of telephone contacts yesterday and today (24 and 25 August 2015) on the outlook for a solution to the crisis in Libya. His aim is to support the on-going negotiations, facilitated by United Nations Envoy Bernardino Leon, to establish a Libyan government […]

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Interviews

17 August 2015

Gentiloni: «Libya, immediate accord or we’ll be facing another Somalia» (La Stampa)

Migrants continue to die in the Mediterranean – there is talk of up to 2500 victims since the start of the year. Minister Gentiloni, what are we doing and what can we do? «We have had a record number of arrivals this year, but also a record number of rescues. Unfortunately, no matter how much […]

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Press Releases

15 August 2015

Libya: Minister Gentiloni speaks by phone with colleague Mohamed Al Dairy

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation received a telephone call today from his Libyan counterpart Mohamed Al Dairy. Their discussion included condemnation for the recent terrorist attacks by Daesh-affiliated groups in the city of Sirte, the serious humanitarian situation in the country and the need for the negotiations for the constitution of a national […]

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Press Releases

13 August 2015

Gentiloni expresses pain and dismay over the barbaric killing of the Croatian citizen, Tomislav Salopek

“I was dismayed to learn the painful news of the barbaric killing by Da’esh terrorists of the Croatian citizen, Tomislav Salopek, in Egypt. Our thoughts go out to his family at this dramatic time”. These were the words of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, on hearing the news. “This act, […]

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Interviews

9 August 2015

“People are engaging in demagoguery over the corpses in the sea but Italy is not driven by self-interest”, says Gentiloni (Repubblica)

“People peddling demagoguery against the migrants are not solving anything. And luckily most Italians aren’t being taken in by them. But I don’t want to get into political arguments”. On the day when the photos of the ‘dots in the sea’ are hitting the front pages of the international press after the umpteenth disaster in […]

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