A Europe dedicated to the growth of its citizens, and a Europe of the world, i.e. with a common foreign policy. These will be the priorities of the Italian EU duty Presidency, as Minister Emma Bonino outlined in a meeting today in Rome with her German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier. And, on a German request that Italy fully embraces, a chapter was added calling for discussion of the future of Europe.<\/P>
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Other concerns will include the Mediterranean, security and illegal immigration, which \u201cmust become a priority not only for Italy\u201d, the minister added. According to Steinmeier, the European Union must reflect on the need for a \u201cpolitical future\u201d in order to gain stability and prosperity after so many years of crisis.<\/P>
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Syria: humanitarian access and localised ceasefire needed<\/STRONG><\/P> Italy and Germany are working on behalf of \u201cthe immediate opening of humanitarian corridors\u201d in Syria and, \u201cat the same time, a ceasefire, even if only localised\u201d, Bonino underscored. Steinmeier expressed the hope that such progress would already be possible after the second round of talks in Switzerland between the regime and opposition on Monday. <\/P> Marines: Germany thanked for its pressure on India<\/STRONG><\/P> Italy also thanked the German authorities for having urged \u201ca rapid conclusion\u201d to the case of the Italian marines detained in India, said Bonino, adding that \u201cwe very much appreciated\u201d German statements on the occasion of a visit to India by President Gauk, when German ambassador Steiner urged India to examine the case without disparity, warning that relations with Europe were at stake.<\/P> Ukraine: Steinmeier says no sanctions during negotiations<\/STRONG><\/P> As long as negotiations continue between the Ukraine government and opposition, it would be advisable that the EU not take recourse to sanctions against Kiev, Steinmeier stated, adding that a \u201ccareful process has been launched\u201d. Bonino asserted that Kiev \u201cshould reject an either-or mentality when it comes to Russia and the European Union\u201d, reiterating that Europe would \u201cnot tolerate violent repression\u201d.<\/P> Bilateral relations<\/STRONG><\/P> Discussions also turned to bilateral relations. Steinmeier\u2019s visit, which also included a meeting with President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano and Prime Minister Enrico Letta, opened a cycle of dialogue that will continue on 17 March in Berlin with an Italo-German summit, and on 9 May in Rome with the German minister\u2019s participation in the 2nd Italo-German Economic Forum.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Europe dedicated to the growth of its citizens, and a Europe of the world, i.e. with a common foreign policy. These will be the priorities of the Italian EU duty Presidency, as Minister Emma Bonino outlined in a meeting today in Rome with her German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier. And, on a German request that […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,9,6,76,42],"class_list":["post-14301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-approfondimenti","tag-asia-e-oceania","tag-europa","tag-mediterraneo-e-medio-oriente","tag-ministri-precedenti","tag-unione-europea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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