(ANSA) Rome, May 26- Italy will spearhead new, "more
consistent" policies for the European Union following the
stunning victory by Premier Matteo Renzi's Democratic Party in
European elections, Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini said
Monday.
"Now Italy is no longer in a condition where it has to ask
Europe for help but can instead, as a full player, construct new
policies for Europe, not just economic policies but also a more
consistent European foreign policy concentrated on our strategic
priorities and interests," she told Skytg24 television.
"We are the real hope for the European continent," she
added,"we are the government of hope in Europe as well. We have
to try to contribute to the good of our whole continent
together".
Mogherini underlined that "Italy doesn't have to go and
speak with Europe, Italy is Europe."
With the results obtained in the European elections last
week-end "the Italian government is called to the responsibility
of re-writing the European agenda".
The electoral result is a sign "to pursue and accelerate on
the road of reforms in Italy and in a European key," she
continued.
Voters had delivered a message meaning that "the only way to
save the European dream is to change, also in Europe," the
foreign minister told Skytg24.
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