We always have to remember that we, the Italians, have always cooperated with the U.S., and with Reagan and Carter and Nixon and Clinton, Bush and Obama. And Trump, Trump is the American-elected president. So, cooperation is there. Paolo Gentiloni Read Quote
Italy is working to make sure the Brexit shock is an opportunity for a European reawakening. Paolo Gentiloni Read Quote
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 it is – whether Greece or Italy or Spain or, who knows, even Poland if there’s a crisis in north-eastern Europe – that just can’t be. There has to be a common policy. Paolo Gentiloni Read Quote
Italian design is a global excellence, on a par with food, culture, cinema, and, more generally, lifestyle. Paolo Gentiloni Read Quote
I’m aware of the urgency to give Italy a government in the fullness of its powers, to reassure the citizens, and to face with utmost commitment and determination international, economic and social priorities. Paolo Gentiloni Read Quote
On immigration, Europe is in danger of displaying the worst of itself: selfishness, haphazard decision-making and rows between member states. Paolo Gentiloni Read Quote