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| THE ROMANIAN COMMUNITY IN ITALY 27/02/2009 |
| (2009-02-27) |
| Last updated: 2009-03-02 12:50 EET |
“Romania and Italy are able to solve all problems in their bilateral relation, if authorities in the two states work together,” the Romanian foreign minister Cristian Diaconescu insisted. Only two days after his visit to Rome, where he had a meeting with his counterpart Franco Frattini, Diaconescu Thursday attended a seminar focusing on the current Romanian – Italian relations. Which, everybody seems to agree, are worse then ever, as a result of a recent surge in violent crimes (murders, rapes, robberies) perpetrated by some Romanian migrants in Italy and of the equally violent response of Italian citizens, encouraged by almost racist statements made by the political class in Rome. Diaconescu says he strongly believes that such emotional approaches must be replaced with a “purely technical” dialogue, based on cooperation and European values, and that street clashes and diplomatic sparring can only damage both parties. At present, bilateral trade exceeds 12 billion Euro. There are 26 thousand Italian companies in Romania and 23 thousand Romanian firms in Italy. About one million Romanian citizens are legally employed in Italy, and generate 1.2 per cent of Italy’s GDP. According to Diaconescu, all these figures “are not only about money, but also about the depth of the understanding of the relations between the two countries.”
Although apparently a minor element, the interest in football that the two Latin nations share is tale-telling of the two countries’ relations. The stars of Romania’s national football team, Adrian Mutu and Cristian Chivu, are playing for Fiorentina and Internazionale milano, respectively. And the first match in the second half of the Romanian national football championship pitches the team in Iasi against the one in Craiova, both of them having Italian coaches, Cristiano Bergodi and Niccolo Napoli. The complex economic, political, and cultural relations between Romania and Italy should not be affected by the misdeeds committed by a handful of offenders, regardless of their extensive media coverage. Also on Thursday, the Romanian and Italian interior ministers Dan Nica and Roberto Maroni agreed, in Brussels, to strengthen cooperation between the two police forces. Apart from the three Romanian internal affairs attaches in Rome and Milan, 10 to 15 Romanian police officers will be sent to Italy, where they will work to control crime in the Romanian community there. Nica and Maroni have promised that the core principle of this endeavour will be “trial for wrongdoers and protection for honest citizens.”
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