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12 February 2016

Sarajevo – Italy and Bosnia discuss progress towards EU membership

Italian Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ruggero Corrias, recently met Deputy President of Bosnia’s Chamber of Deputies, Sefik Džaferović. During the meeting, they exchanged views on the country’s path to EU membership, stressing the need for Bosnia-Herzegovina to press ahead in its efforts to align with European standards also after submitting a formal application for EU membership. […]

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11 February 2016

Focus on global security and fighting terrorism in Munich

Terrorism, the refugee emergency, the future of Nato and the main regional crises are just some of the main issues to be tackled by the Security Conference opening in Munich tomorrow.The agenda for the two-day conference, which will be attended for Italy by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni and the Minister of Defence […]

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Press Releases

9 February 2016

Joint Communiqué – Charting the way ahead. An EU Founding Members’ initiative on strengthening Cohesion in the European Union

Joint Communiqué The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands met on 9 February 2016 in Rome. They declare: as Europe is approaching the 60th anniversary of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community on 25 March 2017, we are concerned about the State of the European project. Indeed, […]

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9 February 2016

E.U. Founding Countries meet in Rome

The Foreign Affairs Ministers of the six E.U. Founding Countries discuss migration challenges and integration at Villa Madama The Foreign Ministers of the six Founding Countries of the European Union (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) are meeting today at Villa Madama in Rome to  discuss the future of the European Union and […]

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Press Releases

8 February 2016

Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Founding Countries of the European Union

Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni will host a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the six founders of the European Union (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) tomorrow at Villa Madama in Rome,  in anticipation of the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome signed on 25 March, […]

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Interviews

6 February 2016

“L’Europa si è svegliata molto tardi” (Der Spiegel)

ITALIA. Il Ministro degli Esteri Gentiloni si esprime sul più difficile conflitto della storia dell’UE e spiega perché su molte cose è d’accordo con Angela Merkel.   Paolo Gentiloni, 61 anni, romano di famiglia nobile, è da 15 anni membro del Parlamento nelle file dei Socialdemocratici. Nell’ottobre 2014 è stato nominato Ministro degli Esteri. Per […]

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Interviews

2 February 2016

Gentiloni: «There is the risk that ISIS will now move to Libya» (Il Messaggero)

Today, meeting in Rome, are the representatives of 23 Countries of the anti-ISIS coalition. The host is Foreign Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, who yesterday took stock of the situation with U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry. In December the United States had asked Italy to take part in the air strikes. Why is there some reluctance […]

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Press Releases

1 February 2016

Under-Secretary of State Della Vedova to Attend Informal Ministerial Meeting of EU Ministers for Trade and Development in Amsterdam

Under-secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Benedetto Della Vedova will attend the informal meeting of EU ministers for Development and Trade in Amsterdam today and tomorrow. During the meeting chaired by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, the ministers will exchange opinions about the development of a […]

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Press Releases

22 January 2016

Minister Gentiloni at the celebrations for the 30th anniversary of the death of Altiero Spinelli

“The speech of a great Europeanist. Mr Napolitano has pointed out the time of extreme difficulty pervading Europe and the risk that these difficulties shed doubt on some of its cornerstones”, Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni commented during his address at today’s celebrations in the Senate for the 30th anniversary of the death of Altiero Spinelli. […]

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Interviews

16 January 2016

Gentiloni: «EU is raising a useless controversy. Flexibility? It’s all our doing» (Corriere della Sera)

«Europe is experiencing one of its most difficult periods since the ‘60s.  It does not need Brussels to engage in useless controversies. Italy is not raising controversy but it obeys E.U. rules and demands to be respected,” Minister Gentiloni said in reply to the unprecedented words of criticism addressed by the President of the EU […]

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15 January 2016

The Italian Foreign Ministry hosts the conference entitled “EU Relations with Latin America: from Social Resilience to Global Governance”

Europe takes stock of its relations with Latin America and chooses Italy as the venue for the meeting. The Italian Foreign Ministry today hosts the conference entitled “EU Relations with Latin America: from Social Resilience to Global Governance”, organised by the Foreign Ministry and the Institute for International Affairs (IAI), with the contribution of the […]

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27 December 2015

Gentiloni: IS will try to strike again but on the ground it’s losing. The Union must change, it’s too rigid (La Repubblica)

Minister Paolo Gentiloni, 2015 seems to have been marked from start to finish by the challenge posed by Da’esh. Now the “caliph” ” al-Baghdadi has appeared again and is saying that the US and Russian raids have not weakened it. “Al Baghdadi’s message, quite apart from the necessary verification, which requires more time, aims to […]

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