“There are differences of opinion, especially when it comes to economic and financial policy. But when it comes to foreign and especially immigration policy, we are in agreement. No other countries in Europe are closer to each other in this regard than Italy and Germany.” CountryDifferencesOpinionEconomicPolicyEuropeRegardFinancialImmigrationGermanyAgreementOther CountriesDifferences Of OpinionImmigration Policy Author:Paolo Gentiloni
“We cannot treat people with a right to asylum the same way as people from a safe country. They need to be sent back. That is, from our perspective, completely clear. On the other hand, we should scrutinize the now completely outdated principle that only the migrants' first country of arrival should be burdened with their registration as well as with the process of sorting out who has the right to asylum and who needs to be deported.” PeopleWayNeedsShouldFirstsWellsCountryHandsProcessPrinciplesClearPerspectiveSafeTreatsArrivalsAsylumsMigrantsOutdatedSortingRegistrationScrutinizeSorting Out Author:Paolo Gentiloni
“As long as a certain problem primarily affects a different country, in this case Italy, one might not put it at the very top of one's list of priorities.” LongDifferentCountryProblemMightCertainCasesListsPrioritiesDifferent Countries Author:Paolo Gentiloni
“It is clear that several countries, in the Balkans for example, need to be considered countries of safe origin. But others like, in my opinion, Eritrea, undoubtedly need to be considered a country of origin with a valid claim to asylum. And with a third group of states, like Nigeria for example, each individual case needs to be evaluated. Then there are also very controversial cases like Afghanistan. In any case, united European action is needed. This argument for Europeanization may sound utopian, but there is no alternative.” NeedsMayCountryStatesActionIndividualSoundUnitedOpinionCasesClearGroupsExampleNeededSafeArgumentThirdsClaimsAlternativesAfghanistanControversialNigeriaUtopianAsylumsBalkansEritrea Author:Paolo Gentiloni
“We are not perfect. But we have doubtlessly fulfilled our obligations to the EU to a greater degree than the EU has its obligations to Italy, when it comes to the relocation or repatriation of refugees that are in our country. Italy does its homework better than the rest of Europe. Instead of the 160,000 migrants that were to be distributed across Europe, we are currently at 300.” DoeCountryPerfectGreaterDegreesEuropeObligationOur CountryFulfilledRefugeeHomeworkNot PerfectMigrants Author: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, to a common foreign and security policy. That will take time, because we need to figure out how to deal with those countries that don't always want a more tightly integrated European Union.” WantNeedsCountryMovingTermDealsCommonMiddleSecurityFiguresPolicyUnionsFinancialMoving ForwardTake TimeCurrencyBankingIntegratedEuropean Union Author:Paolo Gentiloni
“We [European countries] probably need to move forward together, each at their own speed. The faster ones, that could be the countries in the euro zone. The others would be those who are interested in the continued development of the common market, but reject the idea of an ever stronger political integration.” NeedsIdeasCountryWould BeTogetherMovingPoliticalCommonDevelopmentStrongerSpeedMoving ForwardFasterZoneRejectsIntegrationEuroEuropean Countries Author:Paolo Gentiloni
“We have a strong military deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan. In countries like Syria, we need a diplomatic breakthrough to end the war. In Libya, the country must first of all be stabilized to stop IS. This means supporting the Libyan government, including in terms of security. We don't want to repeat the mistakes of the past in that country. The situation is extremely dangerous and the next days could be decisive.” WantNeedsFirstsMeanWarEndsCountryGovernmentPastNextStrongTermMistakeSituationSecurityMilitaryDangerousIncludingIraqRepeatsAfghanistanSyriaNext DayBreakthroughDiplomaticLibyaDeployment Author:Paolo Gentiloni
