I'm not particularly optimistic, but I hope that the lack of alternatives will lead to it. I would like to remind you of the fact that before May 2015 there was no overall European agenda on immigration. Nothing, zero. It… — Paolo Gentiloni Copy Share Image
But joint pressure from states like Germany, Italy and France could mean a move in this direction. Because something very fundamental is on the line: freedom of movement. I can't think of any common market that could function without it. — Paolo Gentiloni Copy Share Image
I'm not particularly optimistic, but I hope that the lack of alternatives will lead to it. I would like to remind you of the… — Paolo Gentiloni Copy Share Image
I know that many in Germany think we have a merry financial policy over here. — Paolo Gentiloni Copy Share Image
If someone thinks the course of Italian politics will become anti-European, against an open society, against trade, or populist, as they say today, the… — Paolo Gentiloni Copy Share Image
I want to say very clearly that the government... is ready to intervene in order to guarantee the stability of banks and the savings… — Paolo Gentiloni Copy Share Image
The E.U. cannot give up on common solidarity. The idea that every country does its own thing, and history and geography decides whose turn… — Paolo Gentiloni Copy Share Image
We cannot treat people with a right to asylum the same way as people from a safe country. They need to be sent back.… — Paolo Gentiloni Copy Share Image
If necessary, Italy is prepared to fight against Islamic State in Libya because the Italian government cannot accept a terrorist danger in power just… — Paolo Gentiloni Copy Share Image
We have a strong military deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan. In countries like Syria, we need a diplomatic breakthrough to end the war. In… — Paolo Gentiloni Copy Share Image
Italian design is a global excellence, on a par with food, culture, cinema, and, more generally, lifestyle. — Paolo Gentiloni Copy Share Image
There are differences of opinion, especially when it comes to economic and financial policy. But when it comes to foreign and especially immigration policy,… — Paolo Gentiloni Copy Share Image
The route for the refugees currently goes through Greece and the Balkans or through Italy; if there were a crisis in north-eastern Europe, Poland… — Paolo Gentiloni Copy Share Image
But it could be that we, as early as spring, will need to embark on a new policy in order to save one of… — Paolo Gentiloni Copy Share Image
