The newfound alliance
Vi propongo il mio intervento di aperture del Town Hall Meeting sulle relazioni italo-tedesche organizzato dal Progressives Zentrum e dall'Istituto Affari Internazionali in collaborazione con il Ministero degli Esteri tedesco. L'incontro si è svolto il 5 aprile scorso presso la Fondazione Romaeuropa. This Town-Hall Meeting in Rome is a strong political sign of the importance of Italian-German relations and I’m in hope that this series of Meetings could represent a-bridge-building-opportunity for all concerned. Not only because this year marks the two hundredth anniversary of Goethe Italienische Reise . Far more important is it to re-establish the conditions for a fruitful relationship between Germany and Italy. The political dialogue between Germany and Italy has clearly been, and still is, going through a difficult phase. The various crisis which have hit Europe – economic, political and humanitarian – have raised old stereotypes and opened the way to new forms of nat