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Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Emma Bonino is an Italian politician. A senator for Rome, she served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2014. Previously, she was a Member of the European Parliament and a member of the Chamber of Deputies. She served in the government of Italy as minister of international trade from 2006 to 2008.
Macedonia's handling of ethnic relations and other issues is encouraging.
A woman must combine the role of mother, wife and politician.
Albania has to demonstrate that it is willing to be a reliable partner in the international community.
I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic.
Drafting a constitution is only the first step. The constitution has to be granted legitimacy by open discussion and a fair, representative referendum.
The fact remains; chauvinism is prevailing.
I support the recommendations made by the International Crisis Group. The primary responsibility is for Kosovo Albanians to demonstrate that their treatment of minorities is adequate.
I felt that what is personal is political.
I mean to defend the rights of individuals in a liberal prospect.
My family had liberal positions.
The EU should have consolidated its different presences and purposes in Kosovo earlier.
My mother's studies stopped with the third year of primary school, my father with the first. They taught me a deep sense of duty. But nobody was involved in politics in my family.
I think nowadays economic liberties are an explosive issue.
The two great cultural and political currents of Italy have always only been concerned with the masses.
We are aware of the strategic location of Kuwait, besides the stable region.
I met the Radicals and we liked each other reciprocally.
I was very restless, but finally I found my way.
I was on leave from local and regional politics, as long as I was a Minister.
I was thrown into the Parliament right away. From 1976 to 1978 I was concerned with the abortion issue, later on with that of divorce.
The individual couldn't find any attention in Italy.
My mother was a regular church-goer and was very tolerant.
I am now concerned with women's issues in a different way: women from Afghanistan, from Cambodia.
Women movements would form among the factory workers, a great mobilisation that destroyed the old models.
The speed of movement towards independence will depend on Kosovo demonstrating that it is capable of treating minorities well. We have not always seen that.
I thought there had to be something I could do because it seemed crazy that, in addition to the psychological tragedy each woman has to face, came also all the rest.
Women are clear-headed, they are more creative and for this reason, sometimes, also more fragile.
Men don't have as many difficulties and are more supported to combine the different aspects of their life.
The knowledge of languages was very useful. I have a university degree in foreign languages and literature.
Kosovo's destiny is clearly to join the European Union at some point.
I should have worried about taking responsibilities for which I was not ready.