What Haftar wanted was for them to go from Rome to Benghazi and for him to have a similar recognition. It’s exactly the political price we had to pay, and we paid it
La Nazione
Arturo Varvelli, Head of ECFR Rome, comments on the visit of President Conte and Foreign Minister Di Maio to General Haftar for the release of the Italian fishermen detained in Libya
Cairo lived then and still lives today in a dark period. (…) The regime is very afraid and unable to understand which is a real threat and which is not
Arturo Varvelli comments on European countries’ strategies to counter the pandemic
When Europe thinks in terms of constructive solutions in the eastern Mediterranean, it can count on Italy as long as the EU – driven by France – does not adopt a confrontational approach to Turkey
Arturo Varvelli on the role of Italy in the Eastern Mediterranean
Di Maio has an important competitive advantage over its recent predecessors: he is the leader of a majority political movement and can therefore push the government into more ambitious initiatives
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