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17 May 2025

Tajani met with US Secretary of State Rubio at Villa Madama. Discussion on Ukraine, Gaza, Iran, bilateral political and economic relations

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, met today at Villa Madama with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who was in Rome to participate in the ceremony for the beginning of the Pontificate of the Holy Father, Leo XIV. The meeting provided the opportunity for an […]

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Interviews

17 May 2025

Tajani: “Government working for Sicily. Putin is wrong, he must open to negotiations” (Il Quotidiano di Sicilia)

CATANIA – From the war in Ukraine to the situation in Gaza, via trade tensions between Europe and the United States and the future of the Mediterranean area. Many topics were covered in this exclusive interview with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, currently in Sicily – specifically in Noto, in […]

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Interviews

14 May 2025

Tajani: “On Gaza, we stand with the Pope: yes to aid. Le Pen is breaking up the EU” (Il Fatto Quotidiano)

On Friday, after the commemoration for the victims of terrorism and before the Cabinet meeting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister, Antonio Tajani, had lunch at Palazzo Chigi with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni—who spoke on the phone with Erdogan about peace in Ukraine yesterday—and League colleague Matteo Salvini. It was a meeting […]

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In detail

14 May 2025

Tajani: “I don’t trust Vladimir. Le Pen is tearing the Union apart”

He sighs, rolls his eyes skyward. He hesitates for a moment, then comes the blow: “I don’t trust Putin”. On the eve of the Istanbul summit that could shift the course of the war in Ukraine, Antonio Tajani takes a step back, dampening any premature optimism. Perhaps the ceasefire in Ukraine’s trenches is not as […]

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Interviews

14 May 2025

Tajani: “I don’t trust Vladimir. Le Pen is tearing the Union apart” (Il Messaggero )

He sighs, rolls his eyes skyward. He hesitates for a moment, then comes the blow: “I don’t trust Putin”. On the eve of the Istanbul summit that could shift the course of the war in Ukraine, Antonio Tajani takes a step back, dampening any premature optimism. Perhaps the ceasefire in Ukraine’s trenches is not as […]

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Press Releases

12 May 2025

Tajani in London this morning for a Weimar+ format meeting, and in Verona this afternoon for a preparatory event for the Ukraine Recovery Conference

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will be in London this morning, where he will participate in a “Weimar+” format Ministerial meeting (France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom and the EU) and in Verona in the afternoon, to chair the fourth preparatory event dedicated to […]

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Interviews

12 May 2025

Tajani: ‘Italy was present in Kyiv. We are already working on the country’s reconstruction’ (Corriere della Sera)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs: ‘Today, a new five-way European summit’ Zelensky is reportedly ready to meet Putin on Thursday in Turkey. Does the Tsar truly want peace, Minister Antonio Tajani? “That both Putin and Zelensky are prepared to meet is a decisive step forward, and we must encourage it in every possible way. But […]

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Press Releases

9 May 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli attended the extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union in Lviv

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Edmondo Cirielli, participated – on behalf of the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani – in the extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council convened by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, in Lviv, Ukraine. The meeting […]

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Interviews

28 April 2025

Tajani: “Peace is now closer. The EU needs a revolution” (Il Giornale)

Antonio Tajani is about to depart for Valencia, Spain, where the EPP Congress opens today. In his heart and mind is Pope Francis’s last appeal for peace, that meeting on two small red chairs in St. Peter’s between Trump and Zelensky, held during the Pope’s funeral, and hopes for an agreement with Putin. But also […]

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Interviews

28 April 2025

Tajani: «Rome as the centre of the world. From here a push for peace and dialogue in the West» (Il Messaggero)

Minister Tajani, is seeing Trump and Zelensky in St. Peter’s Basilica talking about peace the beginning of a breakthrough or will it happen like Israel and Iran who talked to each other during Wojtyla’s funeral but then did nothing? «I believe that this time there is the will to conclude. We shall see, however, what […]

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Press Releases

31 March 2025

Undersecretary Tripodi at the “Weimar Plus” Ministerial Meeting on European Security and Ukraine in Madrid

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Maria Tripodi, took part in the “Weimar Plus” Ministerial Meeting on European Security and Ukraine in Madrid today, upon instructions from Minister Antonio Tajani. She said: “The world is changing fast and we need to adapt accordingly to defend our common interests and values. The European Union today […]

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Interviews

17 March 2025

Tajani:” Defence, a duty to strengthen it. Italy always at Ukraine’s side.” (La Stampa)

“ Italy is always determined to help Ukraine”, but on the 40 billion Kyiv fund “there are still many questions; we will already need to invest a lot of money to comply with NATO parameters and for President von der Leyen’s plan, and an overall assessment must therefore be made”. Because, as underlined by Minister […]

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