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21 August 2013
Syria: the EU calls for an immediate investigation on chemical weapons reports

The European Union’s foreign ministers have called for an immediate and thorough investigation of the use of chemical weapons in Syria which, if confirmed, would be totally unacceptable. “I have seen with grave concern the reports of the possible use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime. Such accusations should be immediately and thoroughly investigated”, […]

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21 August 2013
Egypt: EU agrees to suspend export licences and review assistance

“Member States agreed to suspend export licenses to Egypt of any equipment which might be used for internal repression and to review their security assistance with Egypt”, state the conclusions of today’s extraordinary meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council. Licences covered by the EU common position, a matter for member state competence, will also be […]

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21 August 2013
Egypt: Foreign Minister Emma Bonino in Brussels for extraordinary meeting of Foreign Affairs Council

Sanctions against the Egyptian Government? “It depends what you’re referring to. I hope to see military supplies being blocked. I don’t think economic sanctions are what will make the difference. All the programmes we have, apart from government-to-government programmes, are for social purposes more than anything else. It seems to me that in terms of […]

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Interviews
19 August 2013
Bonino: «The EU and the US reduced by the Saudis in this crisis» (La Stampa)

ROME «Minister Bonino, you have a deep understanding of Egypt and its political dynamics. What is going to happen to the democratic process launched by the Arab Spring? And how will the Muslim Brotherhood react to being backed into a corner by the military? «We never laboured under the illusion that the democratic transition in […]

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5 August 2013
LONGITUDE: Egypt, ‘Back to square one’

Può l’Egitto trovare una via d’uscita dal caos? Quali le conseguenze sulla Regione di un’ “empasse” apparentemente senza sbocchi? Sono gli interrogativi ai quali il nuovo numero di “Longitude”, la rivista diretta da Pialuisa Bianco, in edicola dal 5 agosto, cerca di dare una risposta, attraverso una serie di analisi. Gli altri titoli di copertina, […]

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30 July 2013
Egypt: Italy-EU, inclusive political negotiations Bonino briefs Parliament, Ashton mission to Cairo

There are no “alternatives” in Egypt to “serious political negotiations inclusive of all the political forces whom the leaders have allowed full freedom of movement and expression”, asserted Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino, who will brief the parliament tomorrow, 31 July, on the situation in Egypt and the Middle East. Italy’s position, according to […]

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Press Releases
29 July 2013
Incontro alla Farnesina tra il Vice Ministro Dassù e il Ministro francese Thierry Repentin.

Il Vice Ministro Dassù ha ricevuto oggi alla Farnesina il Ministro francese Thierry Repentin, delegato agli Affari Europei, anche in vista del Vertice italo-francese del 20 novembre a Roma. Al centro dei colloqui i temi delle relazioni esterne dell’Unione Europea, dalla Politica Europea di Vicinato, con particolare attenzione alle priorità dell’area mediterranea, all’allargamento verso i […]

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Press Releases
29 July 2013
Incontro alla Farnesina tra il Vice Ministro Dassù e il Ministro francese Thierry Repentin.

Deputy Foreign Minister Dassù met today in Rome with French Minister for European Affairs Thierry Repentin, not least in anticipation of the Italo-French summit scheduled for 20 November in Rome. Their discussions included the European Union’s external relations, European Neighbourhood Policy – with a particular focus on Mediterranean priorities – enlargement to the Western Balkans […]

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Press Releases
24 July 2013
Minister Bonino meets the Cypriot Foreign Minister, Ioannis Kasoulides.

European issues – including the follow-up to the June European Council – bilateral relations and the situation in Syria. These were the topics on the agenda for Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s discussions at the Farnesina today with her Cypriot colleague, Ioannis Kasoulides At EU level, the two ministers viewed measures to combat unemployment, especially among […]

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Press Releases
24 July 2013
Deputy Minister Marta Dassù meets her Belarusian counterpart, Alena Kupchyna

In the wake of Belarus’s participation in the EU Ministerial held in Brussels on 22 July to discus, inter alia, the Eastern Partnership, Deputy Minister Marta Dassù has met her Belarusian counterpart, Alena Kupchyna, in Rome. Deputy Minister Kupchyna’s visit to Rome comes at the end of a mission to several other European capitals. Their […]

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Press Releases
22 July 2013
Dichiarazione Ministro Bonino da Bruxelles

Non e’ un segreto che le ultime riunioni del Consiglio Affari Esteri dell’UE abbiano esposto delle divisioni su questioni importanti che riguardano gli sviluppi della regione. Sono situazioni complesse, in cui delle divergenze di analisi non sono da escludere a priori. Ma c’era oggi un sentimento comune che dobbiamo recuperare, quello della collegialità nelle decisioni, […]

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