(in inglese)<\/p>\n
PLAYBOOK INTERVIEW WITH MAURIZIO MASSARI, ITALY\u2019S EU AMBASSADOR<\/p>\n
In his office at the Italian embassy in Brussels, Maurizio Massari, Italy\u2019s ambassador to the EU, told POLITICO\u2019s Jacopo Barigazzi that the U.K.\u2019s exit from the EU must not be an excuse to avoid much-needed work overhauling the eurozone. \u201cBrexit cannot be an alibi to avoid going ahead on more challenging dossiers like the eurozone reform \u2026 it cannot and it must not delay them,\u201d he said, adding that completing the banking union \u201cis the first step, but we cannot exclude the fiscal union of the eurozone.\u201d He also described the Commission\u2019s proposal to create a European Monetary Fund and European finance minister as \u201ca very good basis to deepen the debate.\u201d<\/p>\n
Migration reform: He dismissed suggestions that a deal on migration reform is out of reach due to irreconcialable divisions between the Visegrad 4 countries and Italy, saying: \u201cWe have facilitated the progress on the different regulations.\u201d Even so, \u201csolidarity is a key principle of a democratic union, it cannot be just voluntary or transactional. We need the reform of Dublin and Italy will work for it. Each member state however has to make some compromise.\u201d<\/p>\n
Russia sanctions: Italy, which traditionally takes a dovish line towards Russia, backed an extension of sanctions against Moscow at last week\u2019s summit of EU leaders for another six months. Massari said when EU leaders discuss Russia in June, it should be a moment to relaunch the dialogue with Moscow. \u201cStrategic dialogue must be reactivated \u2026 in a way that is feasible for the European Union,\u201d he said, adding that sanctions can be in place at the same time discussions are under way. The hope, he said, is that \u201cwith a more substantial dialogue, we can also restore a climate of greater trust that can bring a more concrete collaboration also on the Ukrainian dossier.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pro-Europeans: Recent surveys suggest former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi\u2019s Democratic Party is losing steam ahead of next year\u2019s election, with the Euroskeptic 5Star Movement ahead in the polls. Even so, Massari wasn\u2019t concerned about Italy becoming another source of trouble for Brussels. \u201cIn the last 60 years there was a continuity in the pro-European approach of the Italians, it\u2019s very consolidated,\u201d he said, adding that \u201cclearly in democracy there are different views, but Italians in general would not support a departure from such a pro-European attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(in inglese) PLAYBOOK INTERVIEW WITH MAURIZIO MASSARI, ITALY\u2019S EU AMBASSADOR In his office at the Italian embassy in Brussels, Maurizio Massari, Italy\u2019s ambassador to the EU, told POLITICO\u2019s Jacopo Barigazzi that the U.K.\u2019s exit from the EU must not be an excuse to avoid much-needed work overhauling the eurozone. \u201cBrexit cannot be an alibi to […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/italiaue.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/italiaue.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/italiaue.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italiaue.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italiaue.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/italiaue.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/italiaue.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italiaue.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}