Statement by Jean-Yves Le Drian
Minister, cher Evarist, it’s always a pleasure for me to come to Malta. It’s my third visit as Foreign Minister in the past two years; they’re always pleasant and positive visits. We took the time to talk and will continue our conversation over the coming months of preparations for the French presidency of the Council of the European Union, due at the beginning of 2022.
We’ll continue our conversation in the next few moments, but I wanted to say that our ambition for the French EU presidency will obviously include stability in the Mediterranean, and we share the same ambition on the issue. We also have the same desire to find long-term human solutions to our shared challenges, be they climate, digital technology or health. And in this unusual period we also discussed the need to act together to combat the pandemic and ensure not only that this challenge is shared at European level but also that we can build health policy for the long term by
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The president’s conference on national unity is on. Earlier this month, Ranier Fsadni wrote an article about it. His main point was: there’s nothing to lose, possibly there’s something to gain. This article provoked a barrage of criticism from a number of bloggers. Their objections are that George Vella would be biased because of his political past; that it is impossible to dialogue with crooks and perpetrators of corruption; that nothing would come out of it.
I find myself in agreement with Fsadni. Despite the fact that, probably, nothing would come out of it, let’s give this conference a chance. It would have a better chance of succeeding if it is done in the right way. Often, agreements are reached when talk is informal and relaxed. If I remember right, it had been reported that the end of the Vietnam War was brokered not during the official meetings but in the coffee breaks.