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FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2025
EU, NATO at heart of Italian foreign policy, says Draghi

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Reuters
20 October, 2022, 08:10 pm
Last modified: 20 October, 2022, 08:15 pm

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EU, NATO at heart of Italian foreign policy, says Draghi

Reuters
20 October, 2022, 08:10 pm
Last modified: 20 October, 2022, 08:15 pm
Latvia's Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins and Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi attend the Informal EU 27 Summit and Meeting within the European Political Community at Prague Castle, in Prague, Czech Republic, October 7, 2022. REUTERS/David W Cerny
Latvia's Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins and Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi attend the Informal EU 27 Summit and Meeting within the European Political Community at Prague Castle, in Prague, Czech Republic, October 7, 2022. REUTERS/David W Cerny

Membership of the European Union and NATO are cornerstones of Italy's foreign policy, outgoing Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Thursday, ahead of the formation of a new, right-wing government.

"We fully share European and transatlantic values and want to continue to protect and strengthen them," Draghi told Italian diplomats in Brussels.

"These principles are even more important when dealing with the crises we are going through, from the war in Ukraine to the energy emergency," Draghi added in his address.

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His comments came after Silvio Berlusconi, whose Forza Italia party is set to enter the next government, vaunted his long-standing friendship with Russian President Vladimir Putin and accused Ukraine of triggering the February invasion.

Berlusconi's refusal to blame Putin for the war has raised concerns that the incoming government, set to be headed by nationalist leader Giorgio Meloni, might weaken Western resolve in dealing with Moscow.

Meloni issued a statement on Wednesday saying she would not let Italy be the weak link in the West, while senior Forza Italia politician, Antonio Tajani, looked to reassure EU centre-right allies over his party's foreign policy stance.

"I am in Brussels to once again confirm the position of Forza Italia, its leader Silvio Berlusconi and myself in favour of NATO, transatlantic relations, Europe and against Russia's unacceptable invasion of Ukraine," he wrote on Twitter.

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