Crosetto, quoted by the Ansa agency, told journalists in Padua: “Once the center of the world was the Atlantic Ocean.”
“Once the USA and Europe were in the center; now there is all the rest of the world with which relationships need to be built” – said the head of the Italian defense ministry.
He then emphasized: “If NATO was created to guarantee peace and mutual defense, it would either take care of this task by talking to the south of the world, and therefore will become something deeply different or we will not achieve the purpose of security within the rules of the rules that apply to everyone.”
“We often speak as if we lived 30 years ago, but everything has changed,” he assessed.
“Europe counts less than India and Israel,” says the minister
Minister Crosetto added: “It is talked about Europe, as if she was counting. Maybe she could count if she had ever been given a political role, which is not there if she got a foreign policy or defense. But this time ended, I say it sadly. The world has changed.”
“The UN counts as much as Europe in the world, nothing (…), less than China, less than India or Israel” – believes the Italian defense minister, who gave a lecture on limestone at the University of Padua.
