Paolo Gentiloni Quotes
It is very important to have good relations with the United States.
Gentiloni, Paolo. Joint Press Conference with Donald Trump. The White House, 20 Apr. 2017, Washington, D.C.
There is one condition for us to have healthy relations with the United States. It's called respect.
This is an old and critical concept in American relations with the rest of the hemisphere which Simon Bolivar used to refer to as “respecto.” Americans tend to be relatively unconcerned by what other nations think of America, and since the US has been so successful, it has developed a strong national ego. Other nations, not so successful in modern times, tend to place a great deal of importance on the notion of respect. It is a major factor in most of the world.
Paolo Gentiloni Silveri is an Italian politician who has served as European Commissioner for Economy in the Von der Leyen Commission since 1 December 2019. He previously served as Prime Minister of Italy from December 2016 to June 2018.