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Press Releases
10 October 2025
World and European Day against the Death Penalty. Tajani: “No human being can take the life of another”

On the occasion of the World and European Day against the Death Penalty, Italy once again firmly reaffirms its opposition to capital punishment. A cruel, inhuman, and degrading penalty, the death sentence violates human dignity, offers no benefits in terms of security or crime prevention, and renders judicial errors irreversible, with potentially catastrophic consequences. Foreign […]

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Press Releases
9 October 2025
Undersecretary Tripodi on mission to Belfast for the Berlin Process Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Maria Tripodi, participated today — on behalf of Minister Tajani — in Belfast at the meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Berlin Process. The meeting was attended by representatives from Germany, France, Austria, Poland, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece and Bulgaria. The event represented an important opportunity […]

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Press Releases
2 October 2025
Fifth meeting of the Tariffs Task Force at the Italian Foreign Ministry

The fifth meeting of the Tariffs Task Force, established at the Italian Foreign Ministry last July on the initiative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, was held yesterday. The Task Force was created to assist Italian businesses during the current complex phase of transatlantic trade transition. The meeting focused on […]

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Interviews
28 September 2025
Interview with Antonio Tajani: “It is dangerous to force the naval blockade. Italy will do everything to protect its citizens” (Il Tempo)

The three-day Forza Italia “Libertà” event in Telese Terme concludes its second stage, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani, the party’s national secretary, grants Il Tempo a few minutes amidst a whirlwind schedule of meetings and phone calls that continuously reach him even in the quiet of the town of Sannio. Particularly noteworthy is […]

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Press Releases
24 September 2025
Undersecretary Tripodi concludes mission to New York with EU-CELAC Ministerial Meeting

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Maria Tripodi, today concluded her mission to New York on the occasion of the UNGA80 High-Level Week, participating in the EU–CELAC Ministerial Meeting, a preparatory step towards the upcoming November Summit in Santa Marta. In her remarks, the Undersecretary emphasised that cooperation between Europe, Latin […]

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Press Releases
4 September 2025
Tajani tomorrow in Barcelona for meeting with Spanish Minister of Economy and Italian businesses, and in Cernobbio for the Ambrosetti Forum

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will be on mission tomorrow in Barcelona and Cernobbio. In Barcelona, the Minister of Foreign Affairs will take part in a meeting with Italian and Spanish entrepreneurs, organised by the Italian Embassy in Madrid in cooperation with the Italian Chambers of […]

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Press Releases
29 August 2025
Minister Tajani in Copenhagen today and tomorrow for the Informal Meeting of EU Foreign Affairs Ministers (Gymnich) and for business meetings

Today and tomorrow, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will be in Copenhagen to take part in the Informal Meeting of EU Foreign Affairs Ministers (the so-called Gymnich) and to hold meetings with businesses. Upon arrival this afternoon, Minister Tajani will meet with Italian companies operating in […]

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Press Releases
27 August 2025
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs seeks guarantees on the correct application of the EU-US agreement on tariffs to protect Italian exports

At the request of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, the Farnesina’s Tariff Task Force has taken action to protect our products in the face of possible misinterpretations of the transatlantic trade agreement. In particular, some US customs authorities reportedly requested a higher tariff than the rate agreed in the EU-US Joint Declaration for […]

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Press Releases
21 August 2025
Today’s meeting of the Farnesina Tariff Task Force to update businesses on the EU-USA Joint Tariff Declaration

Following today’s agreement on the Joint Declaration between the European Union and the United States regarding tariffs, which follows the political understanding reached by President Ursula von der Leyen and President Donald Trump on 27 July, the Tariff Task Force of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, under the direction of Minister […]

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Press Releases
14 August 2025
Joint donor statement on the situation in and around El Fasher, Sudan, by 30 donors

EU Commissioner for Crisis Management, Hadja Lahbib, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Spain, Jose Manuel Albares Bueno, Minister of International Development of Norway, Åsmund Aukrust, Minister for Africa of the United Kingdom, Lord Collins of Highbury, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Gabija Grigaitė-Daugirdė, Secretary of State for International Development of Canada, Randeep Sarai, State […]

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Interviews
13 August 2025
Tajani: “Immediate ceasefire. And for genuine negotiations, Kyiv and the EU must be at the table” (Corriere della Sera)

ROME – Antonio Tajani views the 15 August face-to-face meeting between Trump and Putin as “a first step”. But the Foreign Minister is equally convinced that no agreement can be reached without bringing President Zelensky to the negotiating table. From the Farnesina, Tajani sets out to Corriere della Sera the “three theatres of war Italy […]

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