Unione Europea

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16 September 2013

Somalia: Bonino at the international conference – “Advances, but still many problems to resolve”

Finding the resources for the stabilisation of Somalia is the purpose of a high level conference organised by the EU in Brussels, in which Minister Emma Bonino is participating. “It is not a “turning point” but “surely a step forward”, according to the head of Italian diplomacy, as is the Kerry-Lavrov agreement on Syrian chemical […]

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Press Releases

12 September 2013

Italy welcomes the ruling by the European Union Court on publishing recruitment competition notices in all the languages of the Union

Italy welcomes today’s ruling by the European Court on the need to publish recruitment competition notices, in full, in all the languages of the Union. Indeed, the Court considered that the obligation to sit selection tests in one of just three languages (English, French or German) was not justified. Following the ruling of 27 November […]

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Press Releases

2 September 2013

IRAQ, Camp Ashraf: Bonino, episodio gravissimo. Il governo iracheno chiarisca

“A very serious incident which arouses deep concern. The loss of human lives is completely unacceptable and must be condemned with the utmost firmness”. This was Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s statement on the news from Camp Ashraf. “We expect the Iraqi Government to clarify immediately the details of an incident which appears, from the information […]

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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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31 July 2013

Egypt: Italy and Europe urge dialogue – for the moment no reciprocal intention to negotiate, says Bonino

Italy continues to appeal, along with the rest of Europe, for dialogue in Egypt, for the “inclusive negotiations” that are the only route to resolving the dramatic crisis; but for the moment, “there have been no serious moves toward dialogue and inclusiveness on the part of the government in power”, nor “from the other side”, […]

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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.

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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