by Francesco Matera A powerful rearmament is what Europe sees in the not too distant horizon. The winds of war coming from Ukraine and the threat of a rock-solid Russia, capable of challenging the West, despite the heavy sanctions applied to it, are just some of the factors that push the Old Continent to have to think seriously [...]
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Crosetto: recognition of the work carried out by the Government, Defense and the Navy. Italy today assumed tactical command of the European Union operation EUNAVFOR (European Naval Force) Atalanta. The handover ceremony between the Rear Admiral of the Italian Navy Francesco Saladino and the Commodore Rogério Martins de Brito of the Portuguese Navy took place […]
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by Editorial Staff In the Senate, tomorrow, the summit that kicks off the discussion of the Mattei Plan for Africa. Present in addition to the 25 African heads of state and government and foreign ministers and representatives of the African Union and various United Nations organizations. Prominent European figures also appear, including the president [...]
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From 1 January 2022, Reg. (EU) no. 2018/848 which will introduce important innovations regarding the verification of the conformity of biological and in-conversion batches intended to be imported into the European Union. On December 27, the regulations (EU) 2021/2305, 2021/2306 and 2021/2307 were published, providing further additions and executive indications [...]
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The Ministry of Education - Directorate General for Students, Inclusion and Scholastic Orientation - and the Department for European Policies of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers announce the National Competition "Europe is in your hands!", Addressed to secondary school students of the national territory. The competition is promoted within the framework of [...]
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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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The European Council held on 20 us addressed many issues concerning European security starting with the European Defense Fund and approved the strategic review of the PESCO structured cooperation which will then be able to begin the second phase from 2021 to 2025. (by Pasquale Preziosa ) The European Union and the individual member countries are [...]
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The German Constitutional Court declared the purchases of government bonds by the European central bank partially illegitimate. The ECB, coldly replied: "We take note". The German ruling of the Karlsruhe Court is a boulder weighing on the ECB, but also on the European Court of Justice. The German judges want to stem, [...]
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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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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Attached to that television that feeds us everything we do not need, there are many Italians who often hear about the European Union between one newscast and another, imagining it as an immense organization of bureaucrats and controllers, located in the center of Europe and which does not compromise on anything. The European Union is [...]
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With schools closed until March 13, the government has decided to launch measures to support families. One of these is the lengthening of the period in which one parent can take extraordinary parental leave while the other parent is at work. The minister for the family, Elena Bonetti also said she wanted to reintroduce the [...]
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For agriculture in 2030 we want a more ambitious and courageous CAP. Safeguarding farmers' income is essential "There is no environmental sustainability without social and economic sustainability": Minister Teresa Bellanova reiterated this a few minutes ago from Brussels to the Council of Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers, speaking in the discussion on the European Green Deal in relation to the CAP [...]
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Europe: "now or never". The message launched in the book of General Pasquale Preziosa and Dario Velo
Massimiliano Cannata on Eurispes.it did a wonderful review on the book; "The defense of Europe", by Pasquale Preziosa and Dario Velo. Today more than ever we need Europe, we need to believe in and pursue concrete actions to find a true and credible European identity, an identity which, in the light of the latest events in the Middle East - [...]
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The libia.it site reported that the Libyan Islamist component, represented by the Libyan National Assembly of Revolutionaries on February 17, has called for a demonstration in the capital on January 7 against the arrival of the European delegation and in support of the protocols of Agreement between Erdogan and Serraj. The group affirmed its clear refusal to visit [...]
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(by Pasquale Preziosa) Who will defend the Europe of tomorrow? There is no answer to this question, none of the European countries has a precise idea and any innovative initiative triggers, in European countries, the spring of conservatism, creating stagnation of thought. According to the founding fathers, European countries will have to live together to avoid further disasters after two [...]
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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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Remote duel on the Mes, on the European state-saving fund. «If Salvini is a man of honor, I say this: go to the Prosecutor's Office to make the complaint. I don't have immunity because I'm not a parliamentarian. He has it and has already taken advantage of it for the Diciotti case. Now see this time, because I will sue him for slander, not [...]
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Jean-Yves le Drian, French Foreign Minister, speaking to the microphones of Europa 1 said that France considers Iran's decision to further reduce its 2015 nuclear commitments "not final" and will therefore do everything to find a deal. “The actions they have taken are negative but not definitive. Can […]
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November 21 is approaching, the date on which the European Commission will have to express itself on the Italian economic maneuver. The fears that the start of the infringement procedure may start from that date is very high also because, writes Il Giornale, the government thinks that behind the pressure of the European Union there may be [...]
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"Let us respect the EU better, let's not dirty its image, let's try to defend its image, let's say yes to patriotism, no to exaggerated nationalism that detests others and tries to destroy them". These are the words spoken by Jean-Claude Juncke, President of the EU Commission, in his speech on the state of the Union at the Plenary meeting held in Strasbourg. "External challenges arise [...]
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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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The French Minister of Economy, Bruno Le Maire, in a joint communication made with his German counterpart Peter Altmeier, declared that Europe will be "totally united, firm and determined" in the face of the possible imposition of duties on steel and aluminum by US President Donald Trump. "We will not accept that Europe can be hit by tariffs on steel and aluminum", [...]
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Europe will not find itself in the middle of the trade dispute between the US and China, a senior European official said today, adding that the EU's temporary exemptions from US steel and aluminum tariffs should become permanent. European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici stated that trade is [...]
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The strong reaction of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan comes to the concern expressed by the European Union about Syrian events. Erdogan responding to the EU, which 48 hours after the fall of the Kurdish city of Afrin in northern Syria, expressed "concern" about what is happening in the area following the victory of the Turkish army and the Arab allies of the Army [ ...]
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Concrete initiatives to support the integration of the Balkans and the strengthening of pre-accession funds for the region: these are two points contained in the European Union Strategy for the Western Balkans, presented today in Strasbourg. The document, "A credible enlargement prospect for a strengthened EU commitment in the Western Balkans", was presented today in Strasbourg from Above [...]
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(by Pasquale PREZIOSA) Since last February Mexico and the European Union have been discussing how to expand trade relations. The need was aided by American pressure to review the NAFTA agreements against Canada and Mexico. Mexico, however, wants to diversify, as Canada has already done, export markets, in [...]
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As reported by the Nova agency, there are four pillars on which the final declaration of the fifth EU-Africa summit, which ended today in Abidjan, in the Ivory Coast, is based: · greater investment incentives for "structural transformation and sustainable ”of Africa; · More investment in education, science, technology and skills development; [...]
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Countries of the European Union and the Eastern Partnership have set the cornerstones for cooperation activities in the energy sector, the fight against Russian propaganda, dialogue "where appropriate" in matters of common security and defense, commitments for civil aviation agreements, and the firm will that "as soon as possible" we can make progress towards a new one, [...]
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French Foreign Minister Le Drian, today in a meeting with his counterparts from the European Union in Brussels, said: "In order for there to be a political solution in Lebanon, each of the political leaders must obviously have total freedom of movement and not interference is a basic principle ". Thus Le Drian launched [...]
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Great Britain will leave the European Union on Friday 29 March 2019, at 23pm Greenwich Mean Time (Brussels midnight). This was made official by Premier Theresa May, who today in an intervention in the Daily Telegraph states, among other things, that she "does not intend to tolerate" any attempt to block the exit from the European Union, as expressed by the popular will in [...]
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American policy, which has always traced the future of behavioral trends in the various countries of the world, is at a turning point for the globalization process that has been the mantra of the past period. It all stems from the new national security policy of the United States, where security means the solidity [...]
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A directive has been approved by the European Parliament to introduce new limits on exposure to carcinogens for workers in the construction, chemical, textile and woodworking sectors. Specifically, occupational exposure limits have been approved, generally expressed in milligrams per cubic meter of air, for 10 chemical agents (propylene oxide, [...]
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Jill Morris, the first woman to hold the post of British Ambassador to Italy and San Marino, in a speech on Brexit declares: "We do not want only to be a good neighbor, but the best friend of the EU" and still "we remain European, without denying our identity ". The line on Brexit, says the ambassador, is clear and soon there will be [...]
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In recent days, US President Donald Trump has really broken all the balance of the globe. The Korean and Iranian issues, the climate, the obamacare, UNESCO, NAFTA and so on, are all small pieces of a puzzle that can hardly hold up. Trump has decided to touch them all together to probably redo a new world puzzle. [...]
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Federica Mogherini, the EU high representative for foreign and security policy, speaking with journalists before the meeting on Libya with the foreign ministers of European countries in New York, referring to the importance that Libya has assumed for the EU , stated that "Libya is a top priority of the European Union, the emergency today is [...]
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The European Union must recognize the problems of the EU budget funding deficit due to the UK withdrawal and the need for new financial priorities. The conception of the future EU budget must be based on a clear vision of Europe's priorities and on the determination to invest in the sectors that will ensure its economic power, durability, […]
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