Paolo Gentiloni

We are in favor of free trade.

— Paolo Gentiloni

Italy is a free country. Its voters decide freely.

— Paolo Gentiloni

Italy has no colonial past in Iran.

— Paolo Gentiloni

Europe - with hundreds of millions of people - can accept hundreds of thousands of migrants.

— Paolo Gentiloni

We must not forget that culture is the key tool to make society advance and defeat all forms of radicalism.

— Paolo Gentiloni

Italy is working to make sure the Brexit shock is an opportunity for a European reawakening.

— Paolo Gentiloni

It is very important to have good relations with the United States.

— Paolo Gentiloni

I know that many in Germany think we have a merry financial policy over here.

— Paolo Gentiloni

Italian design is a global excellence, on a par with food, culture, cinema, and, more generally, lifestyle.

— Paolo Gentiloni

Let's put it this way: I am confident that Schengen will continue to be defended. And when it comes to repatriations, we…

— Paolo Gentiloni

But it could be that we, as early as spring, will need to embark on a new policy in order to save…

— Paolo Gentiloni

If necessary, Italy is prepared to fight against Islamic State in Libya because the Italian government cannot accept a terrorist danger in…

— Paolo Gentiloni

The fight against terrorism and fundamentalism knows no frontier. We need to act together and to step up cooperation at a global…

— Paolo Gentiloni

The migratory phenomenon exists, and Europe will have to face it together. The only alternative is a 'beggar-thy-neighbor' solution, in which countries…

— Paolo Gentiloni

The message that "we can't take in everybody" is imperative. At the same time, the decision as to who has a right…

— Paolo Gentiloni

As long as a certain problem primarily affects a different country, in this case Italy, one might not put it at the…

— Paolo Gentiloni

Italy remains deeply engaged in the global fight against terrorism as well as on domestic programmes against radicalisation.

— Paolo Gentiloni

We have a strong military deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan. In countries like Syria, we need a diplomatic breakthrough to end the…

— Paolo Gentiloni

I am not in a position to be accurate on news analysis. But what I firmly believe is that Iranian President Rouhani…

— Paolo Gentiloni

The route for the refugees currently goes through Greece and the Balkans or through Italy; if there were a crisis in north-eastern…

— Paolo Gentiloni

I'm not particularly optimistic, but I hope that the lack of alternatives will lead to it. I would like to remind you…

— Paolo Gentiloni

It is ridiculous to believe that Greece might be taking in one million migrants, registering them, then giving refuge to those who…

— Paolo Gentiloni

And a united Europe will also manage to send hundreds of thousands of migrants, who don't have the right to asylum, back…

— Paolo Gentiloni

We are not perfect. But we have doubtlessly fulfilled our obligations to the EU to a greater degree than the EU has…

— Paolo Gentiloni

The problem is, if at all, in the different view of the economy, of economic growth. Growth is too low, even for…

— Paolo Gentiloni

It is clear that several countries, in the Balkans for example, need to be considered countries of safe origin. But others like,…

— Paolo Gentiloni

I'm aware of the urgency to give Italy a government in the fullness of its powers, to reassure the citizens, and to…

— Paolo Gentiloni

We always have to remember that we, the Italians, have always cooperated with the U.S., and with Reagan and Carter and Nixon…

— Paolo Gentiloni

On immigration, Europe is in danger of displaying the worst of itself: selfishness, haphazard decision-making and rows between member states.

— Paolo Gentiloni

If someone thinks the course of Italian politics will become anti-European, against an open society, against trade, or populist, as they say…

— Paolo Gentiloni

But joint pressure from states like Germany, Italy and France could mean a move in this direction. Because something very fundamental is…

— Paolo Gentiloni

I want to say very clearly that the government... is ready to intervene in order to guarantee the stability of banks and…

— Paolo Gentiloni

Responding to terrorism inevitably implies military consequences. This may shock some people, but these groups must also be dealt with on a…

— Paolo Gentiloni

We need to move forward, from the common currency to the banking union to a common financial policy and, in the middle-term,…

— Paolo Gentiloni

We [European countries] probably need to move forward together, each at their own speed. The faster ones, that could be the countries…

— Paolo Gentiloni

The E.U. cannot give up on common solidarity. The idea that every country does its own thing, and history and geography decides…

— Paolo Gentiloni

We cannot treat people with a right to asylum the same way as people from a safe country. They need to be…

— Paolo Gentiloni

There are differences of opinion, especially when it comes to economic and financial policy. But when it comes to foreign and especially…

— Paolo Gentiloni