Unione Europea

Press Releases

29 February 2012

Minister hails Italy’s ratification of Croatian EU accession treaty

“I am especially pleased with the combined institutional commitment that has allowed Italy to be the first EU founder country to ratify Croatia’s Accession Treaty”, Minister Terzi commented upon his arrival in Hanoi, referring to yesterday’s Senate vote. The minister underscored that “the record time with which this constitutional requisite has been fulfilled bears witness […]

Read more

In detail

27 February 2012

EU, SYRIA: Terzi calls for a “humanitarian truce” – EU, SERBIA: yes to Candidate Country status

“I urged a humanitarian truce, and for insistence that the UN Security Council pass a decision allowing relief to reach a population victimized by unheard of violence”. This was Minister Giulio Terzi’s statement at the end of the EU Council of Foreign Ministers today in Brussels, which voted to approve a package of sanctions against […]

Read more

In detail

27 February 2012

SYRIA: Italy cites “humanitarian truce” as essential. EU, new sanctions package approved

Minister Giulio Terzi expressed the “need to find a way to call a humanitarian truce”, in Syria. Participating in the Council of EU Foreign Ministers in Brussels, which approved a new package of sanctions against the Syrian regime, the minister asserted that the Red Cross “is not even able to get in” to Homs. The […]

Read more

Press Releases

24 February 2012

Dettaglio comunicato

Dai rapporti con l’America Latina al legame transatlantico, dalla cooperazione tra Stati Uniti e Unione Europea alla promozione dei diritti delle donne, e alla situazione politica ed economica nei Balcani: questi alcuni dei principali temi trattati nel corso della visita che il Sottosegretario agli Affari Esteri Marta Dassù ha realizzato a Washington dal 21 al […]

Read more

Press Releases

24 February 2012

Dettaglio comunicato

Dai rapporti con l’America Latina al legame transatlantico, dalla cooperazione tra Stati Uniti e Unione Europea alla promozione dei diritti delle donne, e alla situazione politica ed economica nei Balcani: questi alcuni dei principali temi trattati nel corso della visita che il Sottosegretario agli Affari Esteri Marta Dassù ha realizzato a Washington dal 21 al […]

Read more

In detail

24 February 2012

From US-EU cooperation to the promotion of women’s rights: Under-Secretary Dassù’s meetings in Washington

From relations with Latin America to the Trans-Atlantic bond; from United States-European Union cooperation to the promotion of women’s rights, to the political and economic situation in the Balkans. These were some of the key issues discussed by Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Marta Dassù during her visit to Washington from 21 to 23 February 2012. […]

Read more

Speeches

23 February 2012

Speech detail

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) IntroductionI would like to thank both of you, Dr. Scheidt and Professor Nonnenmacher, for organising this event and for your kind introduction. It is a pleasure to be here with you today. An epoch-making invention: the European UnionDistinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,Let me start with the words of […]

Read more

In detail

22 February 2012

Somalia – London Conference (23 February). Strong demand for Italian role, a meeting in Rome in near future, says Terzi

Mobilising the international community to make a stronger commitment to the pacification process in Somalia. That is the goal of the international conference on Somalia taking place in London on 23 February 2012, where Italy will be represented by Minister Terzi. A goal that can achieved by taking advantage of the gradual improvement in security […]

Read more

Press Releases

21 February 2012

Minister Terzi meets with Greek foreign minister Stavros Dima

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi met this evening at the foreign ministry in Rome with his Greek counterpart Stavros Dimas in the margins of the 5+5 Ministerial Meeting and FOROMED, the positive outcome of which was the topic of their discussion As Dimas informed him on the evolving situation in Greece, Minister Terzi confirmed […]

Read more

In detail

20 February 2012

The Euro-Mediterranean dialogue is relaunched from Rome: the northern and southern Mediterranean countries more closely united to face new challenges

The Euro-Mediterranean dialogue has been relaunched from Rome, spurred by Italy, in a meeting of the 5+5 dialogue forum. The Forum groups together Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and Malta from the northern Mediterranean and Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya and Mauritania from the south. It  met in the afternoon session with Egypt, Greece and Turkey in […]

Read more

In detail

16 February 2012

Hungary: a Community approach is the best way, says Terzi

A “constructive Community approach” is the “best way” to “resolving eventual internal difficulties among Member Countries” of the EU. This was the Italian position conveyed by Minister Terzi today to his Hungarian counterpart Janos Martonyi in a meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome, during which, among other things, they confronted some hurdles to the […]

Read more

Interviews

16 February 2012

Terzi:«More EU funds for the southern shores» (Il Sole 24 Ore)

“For the last three months this has been my main objective; but is the focus of an entire government, not of a single ministry. The prime minister made a visit to Tripoli, and will make another to the region in April. Every ministry is involved”, says Giulio Terzi from his office at the foreign ministry. […]

Read more