The route for the refugees currently goes through Greece and the Balkans or through Italy; if there were a crisis in north-eastern Europe, Poland mig…

- Paolo Gentiloni

There are differences of opinion, especially when it comes to economic and financial policy. But when it comes to foreign and especially immigration …

- Paolo Gentiloni

I'm not particularly optimistic, but I hope that the lack of alternatives will lead to it. I would like to remind you of the fact that before May 201…

- 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, c…

- 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, Eritr…

- Paolo Gentiloni

And a united Europe will also manage to send hundreds of thousands of migrants, who don't have the right to asylum, back to their homelands. Though t…

- Paolo Gentiloni

The problem is, if at all, in the different view of the economy, of economic growth. Growth is too low, even for us. That needs to change: More inves…

- Paolo Gentiloni

Let's put it this way: I am confident that Schengen will continue to be defended. And when it comes to repatriations, we have the same opinion.

- 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…

- Paolo Gentiloni