PRESS RELEASE
Rome, 26 January 2023 – Aspen Institute Italia and The Aspen Institute France are organizing an international conference entitled “Italy and France a year on from the Quirinale Treaty. Challenges of sovereignty and geopolitical challenges” at the French Embassy in Italy situated in Palazzo Farnese in Rome.
The conference is to be held behind closed doors, but its aims and results will be illustrated in the course of a meeting with the press in the Sala Grand Camerino at Palazzo Farnese at 2.00 pm on Friday 3 February.
To attend the meeting with the press, would-be participants must apply for accreditation in writing to the Aspen Institute Italia’s Ufficio Comunicazione e Media (by e-mail on https://form.123formbuilder.com/6348436/accredito-stampa no later than 7.00 pm on Wednesday 1 February.
It will be possible to conduct interviews and briefings with individual figures taking part in the conference outside the conference’s working hours by applying in writing to the Press Office.
The conference is to be chaired by Giulio Tremonti, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Chamber of Deputies, Chairman of Aspen Institute Italia, and Jean-Luc Allavena, President of The Aspen Institute France. Participants will include Antonio Tajani, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation; Giancarlo Giorgetti, Minister of Economy and Finance; Laurence Boone, French Secretary of State for European Affairs; Christian Masset, French Ambassador to Italy; Emanuela D’Alessandro, Italian Ambassador to France; Claudio Descalzi, Managing Director, ENI; Arnaud De Puyfontaine, Chairman of the Board, Vivendi; François Cirelli, President, BlackRock France, Belgium and Luxembourg, former Vice-President, Engie; Flavio Valeri, President, Lazard; Giampiero Massolo, President, ISPI; Enrico Savio, Chief Strategy & Market Intelligence Officer, Leonardo; Marc Lazar, Professor of History and Political Sociology, Sciences Po University; Gilles Kepel, President Macron’s Special Envoy for the Middle East and the Mediterranean; Nicola Monti, Managing Director, Edison; Erkki Maillard, Senior Vice-President EU Affairs, EDF Europe; Aurelio Regina, President, Energy Technical Group, Confindustria.
A year on from the signing of the Quirinale Treaty, the conference sets out to evaluate the state of relations between Italy and France and, on a broader level, to consider Europe’s future. The debate will address the goal of a sovereign Europe, the construction of strategic autonomy for the EU and the contribution that Italy and France can make to achieving that end. There will be a special focus on geopolitical challenges and how the two countries plan to tackle them, thus: Eastern Europe and the war in Ukraine; the future of relations with China; and the new challenges arising in the Mediterranean area. Participants will also be paying considerable attention to the energy transition and diversification, focusing in particular on the end of dependence on Russia and the new mix of sources. Economic issues addressed at the conference will include problems triggered by constantly rising prices and prospective stagflation scenario.
Stefania Salustri
Communications and Media Manager, Website Manager
Cell: +39.335-791.9949
e-mail: stefania.salustri@aspeninstitute.it