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Press Releases
17 June 2025
Minister Tajani participated in the EU Foreign Affairs Council on Israel-Iran

This morning Minister Antonio Tajani participated in the extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council convened in virtual format by EU High Representative Kaja Kallas following the clashes between Israel and Iran in recent days. The extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council enabled the Minister to underline the Italian position in favour of an immediate return to political dialogue to […]

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Press Releases
15 June 2025
Tajani-Barrot telephone conversation

This evening Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani had a new telephone conversation with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot. The conversation focused on military operations between Iran and Israel and on the possibility of quickly building a political and diplomatic path that would put an end to the war, also to avoid a dangerous escalation in the […]

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Press Releases
28 May 2025
Il Vice Ministro Cirielli riceve alla Farnesina il Vice Ministro degli Esteri della Georgia, George Zurabashvili

Il Vice Ministro degli Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, On. Edmondo Cirielli, ha ricevuto oggi alla Farnesina il suo omologo georgiano, George Zurabashvili, per un confronto sull’attuale stato delle relazioni bilaterali e sulle principali crisi internazionali. Il Vice Ministro ha ribadito come l’Italia continui a sostenere convintamente la necessità di un dialogo franco e costruttivo […]

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Press Releases
26 May 2025
Deputy Minister Cirielli in Brussels for the Foreign Affairs Council in Development format

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, took part today in the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council in Development format, held in Brussels and chaired by the High Representative, Kaja Kallas. On the agenda: urgent aid to Ukraine; preparations for the upcoming United Nations Summit on Financing for Development, which will […]

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Press Releases
15 May 2025
Undersecretary Tripodi attends Foreign Affairs Council on Trade in Brussels

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Maria Tripodi, took part in the Foreign Affairs Council on Trade in Brussels, representing Minister Antonio Tajani. The agenda included trade relations with the United States, economic security within the Single Market, and ongoing EU negotiations for free trade agreements with third countries. “Italy places […]

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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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Press Releases
15 April 2025
Conference “New visions for the Western Balkans 2025” at the Farnesina, organised by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and IAI

The conference “New visions for the Western Balkans 2025” was held this morning at the Farnesina, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) together with the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), to explore the prospects for European integration of the Western Balkan countries and Italy’s key role in this process. The event […]

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In detail
9 April 2025
Tajani: “Dialogue with the USA but also new markets for our companies”

“Our goal is to reach zero tariffs between the USA and the EU,” stated Antonio Tajani, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister (yesterday in Caserta during the Italy-Netherlands summit). Minister, but having ‘zero tariffs’ between the USA and the EU seems like a difficult result to achieve at the moment… “We must continue […]

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Interviews
8 April 2025
Tajani: «EU united for zero tariffs» (Nazione-Carlino-Giorno)

Minister Tajani, the alarm about tariffs is growing everywhere: what is the outcome of the meeting of International Trade Ministers in Luxembourg? «First of all, a position of European unity has emerged. Unity on a clear policy line, e.g. to negotiate with the United States and avoid a trade war. We need to keep our […]

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