{"id":1561,"date":"2021-01-29T18:00:53","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T23:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambwashingtondc.esteri.it\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2021\/01\/intervista-dell-ambasciatore-varricchio_2\/"},"modified":"2021-01-29T18:00:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T23:00:53","slug":"intervista-dell-ambasciatore-varricchio_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambwashingtondc.esteri.it\/it\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2021\/01\/intervista-dell-ambasciatore-varricchio_2\/","title":{"rendered":"Intervista dell’Ambasciatore Varricchio con Politico (in inglese)"},"content":{"rendered":"

INTERVIEW \u2014 AMBASSADOR ARMANDO VARRICCHIO, ITALY<\/a><\/p>\n

I spoke to Ambassador Varricchio, Italy’s representative in Washington, on Thursday afternoon, just after Antony Blinken finished a call with Italy\u2019s 34-year-old foreign minister Luigi Di Maio. Varricchio wants you to see America and the transatlantic relationship from space: specifically, NASA\u2019s Juno mission to Jupiter, which was powered with Italian technology, and from where America\u2019s internal differences and transatlantic disputes look tiny.<\/em><\/p>\n

Back on earth, Italy\u2019s is cheering on Dr. Jill (Giacoppa) Biden, Gina Raimondo and Nancy Pelosi: If you think anyone in the Italian government has forgotten this power trio\u2019s Italian roots, or that Joe Biden descends from equally Catholic Ireland, you\u2019re mistaken. They’re sure to feature as Italy celebrates 160 years of diplomatic relations with the U.S. in 2021. Jill Biden\u2019s grandfather was born in Sicily.<\/em><\/p>\n

When will Italy\u2019s 67th post-war government happen? Varricchio said Italian President Sergio Mattarella is insisting \u201ca very tight schedule\u201d for forming a new Italian government. We should expect to see it in place next week, with \u201ca strong political mandate.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

G-20 presidency priorities: \u201cCovid is top of the agenda, because our priorities are: people, planet, prosperity. We want to stress the importance of working together.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Climate coordination: \u201cThe U.K. chairs the G-7, we chair the G-20 and together we host the COP26 climate conference. It\u2019s working: we are very pleased John Kerry gave his first global address to the B-20 business forum of the G-20, the very first day in office.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Balancing transatlantic alliance with European independence: \u201cWe’re not dependent, we’re partners. There’s never been in history, such a strong alliance. We have commerce, we have values, we have people-to-people connections, and 12,000 (American) men and women in uniform based in Italy. We are fully aware that working together, we are stronger, we are wealthier (but) we also respond to specific demands of our own citizens.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n