The campaign on awareness of the European vote will be officially launched on 9 May, on the occasion of Europe Day. In Colleferro, Tuesday 7 May at 20.30 pm, all citizens are invited to participate in the event which will be held in the square dedicated to Willy Montero Duarte by Editorial Staff The Directorate General for Communication of the European Parliament promotes […]
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Crosetto urged the local defense industry to run. “We – he recalled – are not a war economy like Russia but we need the defense industry to work much more quickly, because the future of the country depends on them. So far they haven't understood it, but we have to forcefully make it understood." The current need is to build […]
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The stakes are high: not only for the nations directly involved in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, but for the entire global geoeconomic balance. And if the "Mare Nostrum" counted less, the first to lose would be us Italians by Paolo Giordani - President of the International Diplomatic Institute Six months after the start of the conflict in Gaza, [...]
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Niger is essential to stem the migratory flows towards Europe and for this reason every political, diplomatic but also military effort, through assistance and training, is crucial in order not to lose the last outpost, of Western circulation, in the middle of the Sahel by Massimiliano D'Elia Russia, despite the military campaign in Ukraine, does not [...]
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by Editorial Staff In Italy there is "maximum anti-terrorism alert" even if there is no information on "hostile initiatives in preparation" by jihadist groups. This is what emerges from the Interior Ministry, after the tragedy in Moscow and in view of the meeting of the National Committee for Public Order and Security, which will be held tomorrow [...]
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The European Council underlines the "imperative" need for "strengthened and coordinated military-civilian preparedness" and "strategic crisis management in the context of the evolving threat landscape". It therefore invites the Council to continue the work and the Commission, together with the High Representative, to propose "actions to strengthen crisis preparedness and response [...]
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by Francesco Matera It all started with the Tunisia model, when the EU, thanks to the push of the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, found an economic agreement with Tunis to mitigate the phenomenon of migratory flows. Even if the agreement struggled to get started due to the delay in the arrival of the funds, today it is still a reality [...]
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by Francesco Matera Is it rhetorical or is something terrible really brewing? The fact is that Putin's threatening proclamations, followed by a trail of counter-arguments from some Western leaders, mitigated by the Pope's hope to "hoist" the white flag of peace and dialogue, are inexorably raising the bar of tension , in […]
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The Houthis test our defenses with swarms of flying drones, underwater drones, small boats and mines
The Houthis are intensifying their attacks by testing different tactical options to discover the limits of their enemies' defenses. They therefore experimented with a "swarm" attack by launching flying drones, small boats, underwater drones and mines against the targets by Andrea Pinto The attacks in the Red Sea by the Houthi rebels against ships in transit do not stop, the [...]
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A ship from the NGO Open Arms is already on its way to Gaza. It left Cyprus today with a load of food and medicines supplied by the American organization World Central Kitchen, and tomorrow it will land near the coast of Gaza in the northern part of the Strip. American engineers will build the mobile port. by Francesco Matera Europe, USA, […]
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by Editorial Staff In the Red Sea, a ship flying the Greek flag but owned by Americans raised the alarm following a missile attack off the coast of Yemen. Military intervention was necessary. This was reported by the maritime safety company Ambrey, specifying that the crew remained unharmed. The Houthis had just claimed to have hit another British cargo ship in [...]
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by Editorial Staff Even if the Moscow authorities define it as a "sudden" death, Alexei Navalny's death is read as the epilogue, almost a martyrdom for an ideal: the fight for freedom. Antonio Tajani, on the occasion of the Munich Security Conference, firmly declared that the Kremlin bears responsibility for the disappearance [...]
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by Editorial Staff After overcoming important obstacles such as those of managing vaccines and the energy emergency due to Russian gas, the European Union is now directing its efforts towards closer integration in the defense sector. This new course could represent a significant step towards a military union, although initially focused on aspects such as […]
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The attention these days is entirely focused on the feared Russian war capabilities in a space environment. Hypersonic missiles, nuclear-powered satellites equipped with electronic weapons are considered concrete threats to the security of states due to the damage they could cause to Western satellites dedicated to providing essential services such as those in the field of telecommunications and [...]
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by Editorial Staff Russia has stopped annual payments to the Arctic Council until it resumes “effective work” with the participation of all member countries, Russian state news agency RIA reported, citing the Foreign Ministry. Cooperation between the Western Arctic states of the intergovernmental body and Moscow has been suspended […]
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by Francesco Matera Today at the EU Foreign Affairs Council there is a discussion on the new military mission of the European Union, called Aspides. A mission that will also have to defend the Italian maritime routes which cover 40% of the total commercial traffic that crosses the Suez Canal and then reaches Asia. Due to the incursions of the Yemeni Houthi rebels [...]
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by Editorial Staff A predictable twist casts more and more shadows on the future of the Russian-Ukrainian war. The news is disruptive and in some ways worrying. The spokesperson of the US Security Council, John Kirby, warned the allies and Ukraine directly, who explicitly said in a press conference that the financing approved by [...]
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by Editorial Staff While waiting to gain entry into NATO, Sweden and the United States have recently signed a significant bilateral cooperation agreement in the defense sector. The agreement provides for the availability to welcome 17 US military bases distributed throughout Sweden which will be used for various purposes, including the storage and maintenance of [...]
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Yesterday an important meeting of the Tte, transport, telecommunications and energy Council was held where the various EU countries represented their positions on the nascent Ia act. Today the Commission, Parliament and Council could find a solution and draft the founding and guiding document for the development of AI at community level. The point […]
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by Giuseppe Paccione From the day the Hamas group entered Israeli territory carrying out all kinds of illicit acts against innocent people, the first thing Israel exclaimed was the expression "we are at war!", with the implication that a declaration of war would mean for the Tel Aviv government the […]
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The war continues. Ukraine announces its own weapons production while Putin enlists Cuban volunteers
(by Andrea Pinto) Vladimir Putin on the day of the celebrations for the annexation of the former People's Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk and the regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, through the Tass agency, congratulated the residents on this "truly decisive" annual anniversary , historic and fateful." Ukrainian President Zelensky, in response, participated in the International Forum [...]
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(by Francesco Matera) At the international conference for the twentieth anniversary of the UN convention against organized crime, Alfredo Mantovano, Carlo Nordio and Matteo Piantedosi illustrated the plan to 34 foreign delegations. Also present were the German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and the French Minister Gerard Darmanin with whom Italy signed an agreement for the establishment of a cabin [...]
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The Internal Affairs Council will meet today in Brussels where the agenda could include the discussion of the so-called "external dimension of migration" and the situation on the island of Lampedusa. The EU Interior Ministers will then be busy discussing the memorandum of understanding between the European Union and Tunisia and the ten-point plan for [...]
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In the midst of the debate on the European pact on migration and on the formulas to contain the increase in irregular arrivals in the European Union, Tunisia, which signed a criticized memorandum of understanding with the European Commission to manage migratory flows, gave another sign that the deal could derail.
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The German newspaper DIE Welt has revealed a delicate issue concerning the probable supply of Russian gas to EU countries through a Turkish company that supplies Bulgaria thanks to a 13-year contract, even though the EU has declared that it wants to be totally independent from Moscow gas starting from 2027.
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The Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni at the G20 in New Delhi declared that Italy-China relations must not be limited to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) alone. The final decision on leaving the BRI, the Italian Prime Minister specified, has yet to be taken (by December 2023). In Italian newspapers, however, there was talk of exit [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The war in Ukraine and the appeal repeatedly reiterated by NATO to bring the military expenditure of member countries to 2% of national GDP would be leading the EU to a historic decision that would give some breathing space to the economies of some countries that have suffered the most in the post-covid period under a push [...]
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(by Francesco Matera) Sub-Saharan migrations are closely linked to the crisis in Niger following the coup d'état of last July 26th. The Italian government is very concerned because a war in Niger could inflame the Sahel by increasing the flow of migrants in an unpredictable and uncontrolled way. Niger is important because it occupies a [...]
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Trieste, Aosta, Biella, Savona and Cagliari are the provinces most affected by the contraction. In Frankfurt they "prefer" the crisis to inflation In the last year (May 2023 on the same month of 2022) bank loans to Italian companies (non-financial companies) decreased by 5 percent (equal to -33,3 billion euros ) and among the 20 countries of the Eurozone […]
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(by Roberta Lucchini – Coordinator of the Studies and Training Department, International Diplomatic Institute) The process of bringing the Republic of Moldova closer to the European Union, which began a few years after the declaration of independence from the former Soviet Union, at the end of 1991, is enriched, in these days, of a further piece. From next August, in fact, Ecaterina Casinge, [...]
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The long discussion that lasted until about 1:15 in the night, far beyond what was expected, was not enough for the leaders of the Twenty-seven to adopt the paragraph of the conclusions dedicated to immigration. In the afternoon session, instead, Ukraine was discussed with the intervention of President Zelensky via video link. In […]
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Yesterday the interior ministers of the Union agreed on the issue of migratory flows by drafting a first legislative draft that looks closely at asylum requests. Once an agreement has been found, the tortuous and insidious path of strong confrontation between the Council and the Parliament now begins. It raises concern, in future debates that will follow the approval process of [...]
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Mauro Nicastri: our goal is to try to create a network between public and private entities, to meet needs by 2025 and prevent many citizens from losing their jobs in the coming years Italy needs skills and professionalism that are able to guide a process of sustainable growth, […]
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(by Antonio Adriano Giancane) Africa, a land full of riches and not just diamonds as appeared in the film presentation "Blood Diamond": Africa is much more! Africa is a huge mine of natural resources such as oil, diamonds, gold, rare earths, coltan and cobalt. Even the uranium used by France comes from Africa in particular from Niger. The […]
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A revolutionary legislative proposal was presented yesterday by the EU Commissioner for the Economy Paolo Gentiloni and the Vice-President of the EU Commission Valdis Dombrovskis. The proposal concerns the new rules for a new community stability pact more responsive to the changing economic situation of recent times following the pandemic wave and the ongoing war in […]
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To fight a war with equal weapons in the new "cyber" domain, the European Union runs for cover. The European Commission, explained in a note, yesterday proposed the Eu Cybersecurity Solidarity Act, "to strengthen the detection and awareness of threats and incidents, enhance the ability to intervene, and strengthen solidarity, the [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) In the end what we have always avoided is happening. We probably or inevitably favored China's rapprochement with Russia, with unpredictable consequences for the West, with bitter tastes for the future of the economy and for the growth of tensions in the military field. The meeting in Moscow between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping sanctions, of [...]
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Fixed fighters and Ukrainian pilot training. Poland will deliver four Mig-29s to Kiev, tactically they have an irrelevant significance, but symbolically they can be disruptive because Poland is an EU and NATO nation. Slovakia, Finland and the Netherlands could also deliver air defense aircraft. Americans have […]
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(by Francesco Matera) Almost a thousand people rescued and landed in Lampedusa, another 300 in the Ionian Sea. A wave that makes the number of arrivals in our country soar again, exceeding the levels of 2022 and 2021 in the same period. A new trend that greatly worries the Italian government which has tried to […]
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After a year of war we are preparing for the showdown: we sharpen our weapons for the spring assault
After a year of war there is no peace. United Nations votes against Russia. Der Spiegel: China ready to sell drones to Russia. The US allocates another 2 billion. G7: ready to give more help. (by Massimiliano D'Elia) The war in Ukraine today enters its first year without being able to see any on the horizon [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) After the flu symptoms, the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni in the coming days, according to an indiscretion reported by La Stampa, will be in Kiev to meet the Ukrainian leader Vlodymyr Zelensky. Before taking the highly armored train that will take you to Kiev, you will stop in Warsaw to meet Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. The flu […]
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(by Andrea Pinto) So Zelensky spoke remotely at the security conference in Munich: "We are all David against Goliath. David is the whole free world. Freedom is a value in all parts of the world. And there is no alternative to Goliath's defeat and our victory. Being David means fighting, Ukraine is a […]
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The European Parliament approved a resolution calling for military aid to be provided to Kiev for as long as necessary. The Commission will now have to seriously consider the supply of fighter planes, helicopters, missile systems and an increase in munitions. The green light came with 444 votes in favour, 26 no and [...]
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For NATO, the EU, the US and the UK, a new challenge lies ahead, the logistical one, because the Ukrainian armed forces need to be resupplied as soon as possible, given that Russia has intensified its firepower. Russia manages to send an average of 20.000 artillery pieces a day to Ukraine, equal to the European monthly production.
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After weeks of controversy and resistance, Western leaders speak on the phone, confirm their support for Kiev and reaffirm their commitment to provide military aid to the Zelensky government. The United States will send 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, Germany has formalized its willingness to send its Leopard tanks, initially [...]
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The European Union warns Italy: “saving lives at sea is a moral and legal obligation“. The NGOs are on a war footing and are asking the Italian left not to vote on the bill. The same, in a letter sent to the Government and Parliament, show that the Piantedosi decree law hinders rescue at sea and [...]
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Kosovo has closed its main border with Serbia after Belgrade placed its army on high alert. Brussels and Washington are concerned about the tense situation in northern Kosovo and have called for immediate action to de-escalate. Thus in a joint note: "We ask [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) A long war is expected in Ukraine despite the Russian difficulties reported by the Western media. Yet Russia is increasingly present in the Middle East, Africa (Congo) South America (Venezuela in the lead) and the Balkans, but also in Iran and India not to mention China. Western sanctions, apparently, seem not to have [...]
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The Extraordinary Council of the EU Commission on Monday seemed a success. On the other hand, yesterday at the meeting of the ambassadors some clutches were reactivated. Not only the question of oil (we are still a long way off on the date for the interruption of transport by sea) now the question of Patriarch Kirill has also intensified the debate on sanctions against Russia. [...]
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(by Paolo Giordani) Almost 100 days after the beginning of what Moscow calls a "special military operation" (the post-Soviet version of the British understatement almost always has ironic implications), the hypothesis of a ceasefire in Ukraine and the start of "serious" negotiations still appears remote, for various reasons. The first and most evident is that not only [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday from Finland a historic decision by President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Sanna Marin who wrote about their opinion of membership of NATO: "Finland must apply for membership of NATO without delay". On Sunday, after the parliamentary confrontation, the decision will take the expected bureaucratic process of joining the Alliance. The two […]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The British secret services are certain: the Russian military is one step away from humiliating defeat in Ukraine, they have already lost 25 percent of their war capacity. The findings from the bulletin published yesterday from London tell us that the Ukrainians, thanks to weapons and Western know-how, are [...]
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Before flying to the United States, the Italian Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, was in the European Parliament. The war in Ukraine causes crises on several fronts and is therefore the cause of a necessary review of the role of the European Union. Draghi has no doubts about what is wrong in the EU and calls for a review of [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Two antennas were hit in Transnistria, a pro-Russian territory, the country has put the security forces on alert. An ammunition depot went up in flames early this morning near the village of Staraya Nelidovka in the Belgorod region of western Russia, near the border with […]
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(by Giuseppe Paccione) With unprecedented speed, the international community immediately responded to the demands of the Kiev authorities regarding the responsibility for international crimes committed on its territory by Russian troops and non-state actors flanking the special military operation wanted by Putin. This effort which is needed [...]
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British intelligence has informed the government of the beginning of a new phase in Ukraine marked by a war of attrition that could last several months. A spokesman for Downing Street said this, correcting the shot with respect to forecasts according to which Moscow, in the event of an initial failure, would risk finding itself soon without sufficient resources [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Moscow used the Kinzhal, hypersonic ballistic missiles with nuclear or conventional capability for the first time in Ukraine. It is one of six "next generation" weapons cited by Putin in his March 1, 2018 speech. A demonstration to the world that Russian hypersonic technology is mature and usable on battlefields. A tactical slap at [...]
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Yesterday Italy aligned itself with its Western partners by expelling 30 Russian diplomats who worked at the Russian Embassy in Italy. Berlin expelled 40, while France and Spain, respectively 35 and 25. The other countries of Europe follow: Romania, Sweden, Slovenia and Denmark. The spokesperson for the Moscow Foreign Ministry, Maria [...]
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(by Giuseppe Paccione) Since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, caused by the Russian invasion with the aggression towards a sovereign and independent state, China has tried in every way to stay out of the Russian-Ukrainian war struggle. This is demonstrated by the abstention of the Chinese delegation from adopting a couple of draft resolutions (S / 2022/155 and S / RES / 2623/2022) discussed in [...]
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Yesterday the US president, Joe Biden landed in Europe to participate in the summits of NATO, G7 and the EU Council. An event that has never happened before, that of concentrating the meetings of the major international cooperation fora in a few days. After the alarm raised by the American secret services of a probable use of chemical weapons by [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Moscow has announced that for the first time in Ukraine it has used the Kinzhal, hypersonic ballistic missiles with nuclear or conventional capability that are launched by a modified Mig-31. It is one of the six "next generation" weapons cited by Putin in his speech on March 1, 2018. A demonstration to the world that hypersonic technology [...]
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According to Interfax reports, Moscow warns that it has used "another hypersonic missile against Ukrainian military targets". While 'The Kyiv independence' accuses the Russian military forces of having transferred "thousands of Ukrainian civilians" to "camps" where their cell phones and documents are "checked" and then "deported to remote cities of Russia". But on Telegram, the authorities [...]
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The systems of the International Atomic Energy Agency monitoring the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia have stopped transmitting data; yesterday there was a similar interruption from the Chernobyl site: the IAEA says it is "worried". Meanwhile Zelensky believes "that the threat of nuclear war is a bluff" by Putin. "Bombing a children's hospital is proof [...]
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The European Parliament voted with a very large majority the resolution condemning the Russian aggression and proximity to Ukraine which also contains the commitment to grant the country the status of candidate country for EU membership. The text obtained 637 votes in favor, 26 abstentions and 13 against. Among the opponents, several MEPs of the de La group [...]
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Since darkness fell in Kiev, the sirens have continued to be activated repeatedly, warning the population of possible Russian bombings. The bloody war continues, although a faint hope can be nurtured today with the meeting between the delegations from Kiev and Moscow scheduled on the border with Belarus. Belarusian President Lukashenko [...]
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Last night Putin went to the facts, on live TV he recognized the independence of the two separatist republics of Lugansk and Donetsk, signing a decree and two collaboration treaties. Late at night the first Russian armored vehicles entered Donetsk, as a peacekeeping force, or to defend pro-Russian citizens from reprisals by the Ukrainians. Every […]
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The very latest on the crisis in the Donbass About 40 thousand refugees have fled the Donbass and arrived in the Russian region of Rostov. This was reported by the Interfax agency citing Alexander Chupriyan, interim minister for emergency situations. “More than 40 thousand people, who had to leave the neighboring regions, arrived in Russia. At this point […]
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The sixth summit between the European Union and the African Union ended yesterday in Brussels. “A summit characterized by the European need to return to being a protagonist and by Africa to emerge from the shadow of European paternalism. An attempt at rapprochement, however with chiaroscuro which, if not unraveled, risks pushing many African countries to seek alliances [...]
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France and its European partners operating in Mali have announced the coordinated withdrawal from the country, where they are present with Operation Barkhane and the European special forces Takuba. "The political, operational and legal conditions are no longer satisfied" and the countries, according to a joint statement, have decided on "coordinated withdrawal" from the African country, while ensuring their "willingness to [...]
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The situation hangs by a thread, Moscow continues to move its troops to the eastern borders of Ukraine while Kremlin diplomacy is said to be working on a 10-page response to the US security proposal. Yesterday was the German Chancellor Scholz who facilitated dialogue between [...]
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Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini, in a hearing in the Defense Committees of the Chamber and Senate, on 8 February last reported on the crisis in Ukraine: "Italy could send up to two thousand soldiers, but further activities will obviously be subjected to parliamentary confrontation," together with any further moments of discussion in relation to the evolution of the crisis ". To […]
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While the CIA is almost certain, there will be an invasion on Wednesday, diplomacy is trying to avoid the irreparable. Unfortunately, from the conversation between the US and Russian presidents, Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, there was not the hoped-for turning point, both have firmly reaffirmed their positions. Biden was peremptory: "in the event of an attack, the West [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Conventional attack with aviation bombing and invasion with armored vehicles or simply massive cyber attacks, followed by a coup? The hybrid war has probably already begun, thousands would be fake social accounts that have been making propaganda for the Russian separatists of the Donbass for months. It would therefore be [...]
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(Di Marinella Pacifico, member of the Senate Foreign Commission ”) Focusing exclusively on the military crisis in Ukraine is an exercise which, if not read with the right lens, risks stalemate in the heart of Europe. In the rest of the globe equally important games are being played, such as to determine the geopolitical assets for the spheres of [...]
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The project aims to provide access to quality and climate-resistant water services to children, young people and their families by 2024 in the two areas of the Al-Baradiya and Al-Jiha reservoirs in Basra, which include 40 schools and 21 health centers. The European Union (EU) and UNICEF, in collaboration with Eni, [...]
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The crisis in Ukraine keeps the international community in suspense with Putin who seems to be screwing up on his own propaganda. While on the one hand NATO, the US and the EU are determined to maintain their position, the various European countries, in no particular order, speak with Putin trying to lead him to take, with conviction, the only path [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The Italian government participates in NATO exercises with the military to mark the territory in the Baltic and oppose Moscow's ambitions on Ukraine, while industry, also the Italian one, winks at Putin. Yesterday over two hours of "face to face", in remote conference, between the Italian industrial elite and Vladimi Putin who [...]
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After the White House warning of the imminent dispatch of troops to Eastern Europe, the Ukrainian chief of staff called for calm. He was echoed by Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov who, in front of parliament, said: "There is no need to pack up, to date, there is no reason to believe [...]
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New rules for the Stability Pact in Europe, this is the ambitious challenge for the Union, grappling with the difficulties of its Members who have increased their public debt, not observing the 3 percent limit (deficit / GDP) , currently suspended due to the pandemic. What is the Stability Pact? It is an agreement [...]
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Yesterday, the head of foreign policy of the European Union, Josep Borrel warned member countries that an ambitious doctrine must be agreed as soon as possible to enable joint military actions to be activated, through a military force of rapid reaction, always ready and deployable (Eu Rapid Deployment Capacity). Borrel then remarked to the press: "The EU is [...]
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"No money to Poland until the dispute over the rule of law is resolved". This is how Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte began announcing to his Parliament that, on the occasion of the EU Council, he will formally ask the Commission to freeze the Polish PNRR until the legal dispute between Brussels and Warsaw is resolved. A statement that [...]
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A dozen Member States such as Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Greece, Lithuania, Poland, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia and the Slovak Republic wrote to Brussels asking to finance "as a priority" and "adequately" physical barriers at the borders, defined as "an effective protection measure in the interest of the entire EU" and the functioning of the Schengen area. After the [...]
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(by John Blackeye) It is the last Saturday of September of this 2021 that is flying away with a thousand problems. Some of the problems we have suddenly found ourselves facing, others instead are creating them for us. The Sun seems to be that of August. The temperature is around thirty degrees. On the lawns of Piazza San Giovanni [...]
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Today, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in Poland for a long-planned visit that marks the start of a tour of European countries before her farewell from public life. To mark the scene a shadow that shakes and not a little the internal debate in Poland: the unconditional support of Germany for the Russian North gas pipeline [...]
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(by Pasquale Preziosa - President of the Security Observatory - EURISPES) Overall, the Costs of War Project has estimated that 241 thousand people died as a result of the war in Afghanistan. Among them, over 2.400 members of the US armed forces and at least 71 civilians, as well as 78.000 Afghan soldiers and policemen and 84 fighters from insurgent groups. [...]
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Afghanistan possesses enormous and unspecified mineral riches: oil, iron, gold and precious gems, deposits of copper, lithium and rare earths. A countervalue, writes Il Sole24Ore, estimated by the Americans at three trillion dollars. The US withdrawal from the country, followed by that of coalition allies, is a tempting opportunity for those in [...]
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The Ministry of Defense has announced the approval of the Defense Multiannual Planning Document (DPP) for the three-year period 2021-2023. The DPP is an important programmatic reference used by the head of the Dicastery to illustrate to Parliament the expenditure forecasts for the next three years. Thus the minister, Lorenzo Guerini commented on the approval of the important document: "The Programs of [...]
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It is the second night of curfew, Tunisians are reliving the days of the revolution of ten years ago when they took to the streets to rebel and try to solve the atavistic problems that have always gripped the country, from high unemployment to the degradation of public infrastructures. Problems that, apparently, have never been addressed [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The G7 marks a new course: all compact against China after the uncompromising stance announced by the US president. The beginning of the challenge, which will probably mark our next few years, is the request addressed to Beijing to clarify the origin of the virus that many claim to have escaped from the Wuhan laboratory. Biden to [...]
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We are desolately last. In Europe, no Public Administration (PA) has such a low level of approval as ours. The data presented by the CGIA Studies Office refer to the sample survey that is periodically carried out by the European Commission among the 27 countries of the Union. From the last survey, held in the months of February-March 2021, some pitiless results emerge; [...]
read more(by Andrea Pinto) Today's Israeli airstrikes on Gaza resulted in the deaths of 33 Palestinians, including eight children, Gaza health officials told Reuters, while Hamas militants fired a barrage of rockets this morning at 'Sunrise. The death toll in Gaza records a total of 181 [...]
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Among the global challenges is that of domination in the missile field, a new strategic challenge that places the parties in strong competition to achieve world primacy. To clarify our ideas, an unpublished analysis, published on formiche.net made by General Pasquale PREZIOSA, today president of the Eurispes Security Observatory, former head of state [...]
read moreTo pass the exam in Brussels, the president of the Italian Council Mario Draghi had to call the president of the EU Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen for a discussion on the Italian PNNR. After hours of negotiations between the majority forces, the Council finally shored up the plan with some indispensable pillars such as female and youth employment. [...]
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The New Silk Road - Belt & Road Initiative -, launched by China in 2013 and which affects 139 countries today loses Australia which canceled the memorandum of intent as it was considered no longer in line with its foreign policy. "This is another unreasonable and provocative move", commented Beijing through the [...]
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Surprise visit yesterday to Kabul by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the day after Joe Biden announced the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan by 11 September. An inevitable decision for the American president, but probably made not without some stomach ache within his administration. According to some sources close to the House [...]
read moreIn the midst of the alleged Israeli cyber attack against the Natanz plant, there is the resumption, albeit feeble, of talks to resume the nuclear deal between the US and Iran. In Vienna in recent days there are "indirect" talks between the US and Iran to consider a possible approach on the issue. The Iranian Atomic Agency reported that [...]
read more(by Francesco Matera) Palazzo Chigi in these hours is on hot coals between the bubbling square and a vaccination plan that is struggling to start as desired with 600 thousand inoculated doses per day. A strong and credible response to the country is urgently needed which, apparently, will be given at the next CDM scheduled for mid-next [...]
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The draft of the Italian Recovery Plan is now in the committees of the two Chambers, around 30 March there will be the approval in Parliament of a plan where the common denominator has already been dictated by Draghi: “Spend European funds well, spend them all. Focus on women and young people. Stopping the growing gap [...]
read more(by Vito Coviello) It might seem a contradiction to dwell on issues such as the excessive use of digital and the abuse of this technology in this historical phase where everyone, absolutely everyone, is engaged in the spread of digitalization. The expansion of digitization in every sector, although it is still a long process to be completed, has also given rise to new [...]
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General Pasquale Preziosa, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force, detailed, in an editorial in the Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, a complete and exhaustive analysis on the Italian energy problem in the European context in the light of the "dead line", indicated by the trial already started to achieve climate neutrality in 2050. Europe, writes Preziosa, has already drawn [...]
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Ambitious budget maneuver without waiting for funds from the EU Recovery Plan
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Thursday 23 April there will be another summit via videoconference between the Heads of State and Government to decide on the measures to be implemented to stem the damage to the economy, caused by Covid-19. These days the close contacts between the European chancelleries and the Sherpas of the economy continue. The [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Ursula Von der Leyen, yesterday in front of the European Parliament: “my deepest apologies to Italy for the delay in the intervention”. The parliamentarians then discussed a non-binding resolution presented by popular, socialists, liberals and greens, in which the contours of the necessary European response to the health and economic crisis are outlined. [...]
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(by John Blackeye) I don't know how orthodox it is to present yourself individually in front of the Italian people to explain what you are about to do, even if it is the Prime Minister who shows up on TV. The president of the United States himself presents himself to the nation surrounded by a plethora of collaborators but here, in [...]
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While in Italy we are starting to think of measures for a probable relaxation of movement restrictions, the president of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen yesterday wanted to approve general "guidelines" for the exit of the various countries from the lockdown. Guidelines not shared with other countries, especially with Italy, where the virus has [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The “liquidity decree” will soon be presented to the Council of Ministers, another decree to deal with the economic damage of Italian companies since the Covid-19 emergency began. The contents of the provision mainly concern 100% guarantees for loans up to 25 thousand euros or 800 thousand with a solvency assessment. Duration of [...]
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(by Admiral div. res. Nicola De Felice and Massimiliano D'Elia) The government is waiting for solutions from Europe to find the necessary funds to face the next emergency that is already on the horizon, the economic one. In the meantime, the EU Commission suspended the Fiscal Compact and the ECB bought Italian bonds worth 15 billion [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The 27 heads of state and government agree only on one front: to implement greater coordination on the health aspects of the emergency. On the rest they remain separated in a house made of cardboard and without foundations. Yesterday, for the first time, the summit of the 27 heads of state and government took place [...]
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EU High Representative Josep Borrell and Crisis Management Commissioner Janez Lenarcic will be in Ankara today and tomorrow for high-level meetings "with the Turkish authorities and to discuss the escalation in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, humanitarian consequences for the population, and the situation of Syrian refugees in Turkey. It [...]
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In 2019, tariffs in Italy continued to increase: the only ones bucking the trend were gas (-0,9 per cent) and telephone services (-6,1 per cent); these items, together with taxi rides (+0,5 per cent) and tolls, are the only fares to have remained below inflation which, last year, [...]
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Euronews reports that Chancellor Angela Merkel would like to bring the countries of the Northern Balkans to the European Union. Macron's France is against the proposal. Yesterday Merkel met the Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama, in Berlin. From Merkel's words, it is legitimate to deduce that the meeting was characterized by great cordiality: "In the name [...]
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On 3-4 December the celebrations in London of the 70th anniversary of NATO and tensions between the leaders of the 29 member states do not subside. US President Donald Trump no longer wants to "subsidize" Europe. Trump wants EU countries to spend at least 2024% of GDP on defense by 2 (Italy is [...]
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Today the declaration on behalf of the EU by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign and Security Policy, Federica #Mogherini, on the situation of the Intermediate Interval Nuclear Forces Treaty (Inf). "The European Union calls on all states to uphold the integrity of the rules-based international system with effective multilateralism as a key principle, indispensable for maintaining [...]
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The Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte yesterday in Brussels was able to personally see that the climate towards Italy is anything but "peaceful". Conte did not give up and met, however, Macron, Juncker and Tusk and saw Tsipras and Rutte. He spent a lot of time with Merkel with whom he [...]
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Researchers from Japan and Europe are trying to develop next-generation mobile network technology, ahead of 5G technology, the Italian news agency Nova reports. The post-5G era, which to this day is still limited to the conceptual sphere, should involve data transmission speeds over the air at speeds of at least 1000 times [...]
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The Pentagon's request for the 2020 budget (Fiscal Year 2020) includes $ 545 billion in basic defense spending, $ 164 billion for overseas contingents and $ 9 billion in "emergency funding", such as Trump's request to finance a wall on the southern border. On Defense News [...]
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The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, met the Prime Minister of the Government of Libyan National Accord, Fayez al Sarraj, and the UN Special Envoy for Libya, Ghassan Salamé, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, ongoing until February 17. It made it [...]
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EU states should exercise the right of veto over decisions of the European Commission on industrial mergers. This is what was stated by the French economy minister, Bruno Le Maire, and the German finance minister, Olaf Scholz, in a joint press conference on the sidelines of the Ecofin meeting. The statements of Le Maire and Scholz, note [...]
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"Propose and support a long-term vision of the policies necessary for the country to follow the path of constant and sustainable development not only from an economic and financial but also from a social and environmental point of view". This is the objective of the CNEL program of activities for the two-year period 2019-2020, drawn up on the basis of the new regulations [...]
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Illusion, this is the feeling that hovers among European countries after yet another tragedy that took place in the Mediterranean, 117 drowned in front of Tripoli. They had left with an already deflated dinghy. The 3 survivors said that it is better to die than to remain in the "lager" collection centers in Libya. They would suffer [...]
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The political situation of the European Union is in these days at the center of the attention of the British press, especially in view of the European Parliament elections to be held in May 2019. The Italian agency Nova reports that the newspaper "The Guardian" highlights the rise of populist parties, both right and left, in several EU member states. Between […]
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Not even 2,04% for 2019 is enough, in short, the indefinite negotiations between Italy and the EU continue. The Commissioner for Economic Affairs Pierre Moscovici in the morning from Paris had attacked the Italian maneuver again. Tria has decided to stay in the Belgian capital until there is an agreement. The Treasury Minister sees [...]
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"Start a constructive dialogue with the EU on the maneuver" and "keep Italy away from financial instability": these are the words used by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, in a letter addressed to the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte. The head of state, in authorizing the presentation of the budget bill to the Chambers, invites the government to keep alive [...]
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Gordon Sondland, the new European Union ambassador, sent to Brussels, said that the United States and the European Union must overcome trade disputes in order to resist and tackle China's economic aggression together. Sondland, citing concerns such as Chinese overproduction, state subsidies and rules requiring foreign companies to share their know-how with Chinese companies [...]
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In nine months there will be the European elections and France and Germany are already working to take the best positions in the EU. Germany would like the European Commission and France to lead the ECB. Spain and the Benelux trio remain anchored to the Franco-German axis. Italy in this preliminary phase of contacts between [...]
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There are many open issues with the European Union that will be the basis of upcoming autumn clashes. Meanwhile Italy is on the grill. A few days ago, Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta received a resounding NO on the arrivals of migrants rescued by the «Sophia mission and on the possibility of rotating the ports of disembarkation. It will be discussed shortly [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The case of the Diciotti ship was yet another proof that made it clear who really dictates the rules in Europe. The "Sherpas" the other day who met urgently in Brussels did not respond to Italy's requests for a structural program for the relocation of migrants (many say that that day during the important meeting [...]
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Relations between the EU and the UK hit a new all-time low last week. The reason the European Council declined to comment is claims that British spy agencies spied on Brexit negotiators in Brussels. Consultations between the two sides have progressed to [...]
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After the President of the EU Commission, Jean Claude Juncker, the Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will be in Washington on Monday for his first official visit to the United States. Jean Claude Juncker and Trump have reached an agreement in principle on trade that according to sources of the Presidency of the Council it will be necessary to follow in order to realize the common points put on [...]
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The European Union and Japan have signed the historic Free Trade Agreement (EPA). The President of the Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and the President of the European Council Donald Tusk have signed the agreement which provides for the launch of various collaborations on multiple regional and multilateral issues. The agreement, signed after 4 years of negotiations, is aimed at increasing the exchange [...]
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After the American withdrawal, the European Union, China, Russia and Iran confirm their commitment to respect and fully implement the provisions of the Iranian nuclear agreement. This was announced by Federica Mogherini, EU High Representative, at the end of the ministerial meeting that took place today in Vienna. During the meeting, the participants also expressed [...]
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The issue of migrants is increasingly becoming the topic that most of all is putting Europe to the test. The President of the European Council Donald Tusk has proposed the creation of regional "platforms" outside Europe for the control and management of migrants who intend to cross borders. Proposal that seems to go towards the Italian one [...]
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From this night the new European Union duty policy on some of the best known products of the United States began. The tariffs, according to the official EU bulletin, will further fuel jitters on global stock markets which are already alarmed by trade tensions between the US and China. Customs agents in all [...]
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Sergio Mattarella, on the world day dedicated to refugees, also meets the President of the European Council Donald Tusk. The President of the Italian Republic took this opportunity to call to responsibility the international community which “must operate with shared and far-sighted political choices to manage a phenomenon that affects the entire globe. We need real solidarity [...]
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On June 5 there will be a meeting in Brussels between the Ministers of the Interior of the member countries. Too bad that the Italian Minister of the Interior will be engaged in Italy for the vote of confidence of the government of change. In the meantime, the emergency continues in the Mediterranean, where the landings and unfortunately also the dead have continued today. The Leader of [...]
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Trump will soon meet Putin but, like the leaders of the various European countries, he is ready to expel Moscow diplomats from the United States after the story of the nerve gas used to eliminate former Russian spy Serghei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury. Bloomberg reports that the decision may not be final. [...]
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Donald Tusk reported that EU leaders formally adopted the joint stance on future trade relations with Britain after the country's exit from the bloc. An agreement has also been reached on the 21-month limited transition period to help businesses adapt after Brexit which will start in March [...]
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The European Union has recalled its ambassador to Moscow in response to the poisoning of Sergei Skripal, a Russian double agent, who was attacked with a nerve agent in England earlier this month. Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, remain in critical condition in the hospital, almost three weeks after being poisoned [...]
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Russian Ambassador EU, nervine came from a British laboratory. Dry response Foreign Minister English
The friction between London and Moscow has not subsided following the incident involving the former Russian spy and her daughter, victims of a chemical attack while they were in British territory. Speaking in this case is the Russian ambassador to the EU Vladimir Chizhov, who in the course of an interview given by [...]
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The European Union is the closest ally to the United States on security and trade and this is why we must be excluded from Donald Trump's steel and aluminum import tariffs. Thus the EU commissioner for trade, Cecilia Malmstroem, at the end of a day of meetings in Brussels. Malmstroem [...]
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The controversy between the European Commission and Germany continues over the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Last Wednesday the Commission announced its intention to "integrate" the current gas directive, specifying that "the essential principles of energy legislation Union apply to all gas pipelines arriving or departing from third countries ". [...]
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The race for the succession to President Jeroen Dijsselbloem kicks off today in the Eurogroup, whose mandate expires in mid-January 2018. will be able to participate as no longer in the government in Holland with the Labor Party, [...]
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A firm and definitive no to Italy from the EU Court of Justice. The appeal on the recovery of aid for milk quotas was "definitively rejected". This was decided by the European Court of Justice, with a ruling issued today. "The Court upheld the Commission's appeal definitively rejecting Italy's appeal and, consequently, confirming the [...]
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The two days of the summit were productive. The 27 were united in reiterating the need to address the appointments of the coming months with a univocal approach on the crucial issues of international politics, Brexit and immigration. And even if in the background there is the difficult situation of Catalonia, with the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy supported by [...]
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After six years, Italy is once again the EU's first trading partner. This is certified by Eurostat data which reports, in its latest data on trade trends in member countries, a record volume of trade of 1,2 billion euros with Tehran. The EU statistical office in Brussels testifies that in 2011, the volume of Iran-Italy trade had reached the figure [...]
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EU applies sanctions to North Korea The EU Council has tightened sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), transposing the "sectoral" sanctions imposed by United Nations Security Council Resolution 2375 (2017). This resolution was adopted on 11 September 2017, in response to Korea's ballistic missile launch of [...]
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Iran is respecting the nuclear deal, the words of the Head of the IAEA The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (Aiea) of the UN, the Japanese Yukiya Amano has made clear that Iran is respecting the nuclear treaty signed in 2015. His words confirm the data of a report of the same international organization published [...]
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EU: green light for anti-dumping duties in Brazil, Russia, Ukraine and Iran According to Nova, the European Commission announced today in Brussels that it has imposed import duties on hot-rolled flat products from the four countries. The community executive announced that, after an investigation launched in July 2016, [...]
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Since the tension between the countries of the Persian Gulf has risen in an anti-Doha sense, Turkey and Iran, like two hawks, have thrown themselves on Qatar to increase their influence in the region and to increase trade flows. It would have been unimaginable long ago to see a Shiite country like Iran supporting the cause [...]
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Mario Draghi takes time on Qe Quantitative easing: the decision on the next downsizing of the bond purchase program postponed to October. And it does so by pushing itself to the maximum limit in the field of exchange rates: it describes the strong euro as a "source of uncertainty" that is beginning to worry. But the euro, instead of depreciating as expected, driven by [...]
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Some newspapers reported that the four Arab countries that imposed sanctions on Qatar also told the United States that US companies doing business with Doha would be at a disadvantage in the whole area. Foreign companies, in fact, have become increasingly cautious with regard to their cross-border transactions as concerns are high in the whole [...]
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Although Italy has raised the question of where to take rescued migrants at sea as part of discussions on the renewal of the mandate of the Sophia mission, EU foreign ministers at their meeting on Monday are not expected to change the disembarkation rules. "There have been extensive discussions on the mandate" of the Sophia operation which must be renewed [...]
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The European Union could invest € 44 billion in Africa over the next few years without giving up the Paris climate agreements. The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, said today during a joint press conference with Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, at the G20 in Hamburg. "In Africa there is a proposal to invest [...]
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