Enrico Molinaro

Euro‑Mediterranean dialogue / 01 / 30 June 2026

Eighth Medi-Jer, at the European Parliament office in Rome

Where
Sala Europa – De Gasperi, European Parliament Office, Piazza Venezia 11, Rome
Organisers
Anna Lindh Foundation, Prospettive Mediterranee, RIDE-APS
His part
Opened and closed the conference; five interventions, 20 minutes in all
On record
Radio Radicale video, 5 hours 10 minutes, 38 speakers

In short

Medi-Jer is the annual Euro-Mediterranean conference he created on the island of Ponza in 2019; it has met in Rome since 2023. The 2026 edition, “A New EU Vision for Cooperation in the Greater Mediterranean and the Gulf”, was organised by Prospettive Mediterranee, RIDE-APS and the Anna Lindh Foundation under the patronage of the European Commission Representation in Italy. He opened and closed the five-hour programme.

Sessions

  1. Opening and introductions
  2. The EU, the Gulf, the Abraham Accords, the Mattei Plan and new geopolitical strategies in the Middle East
  3. Good practices on religious freedom and communities
  4. The restoration of the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem and interreligious dialogue on safeguarding the Holy Places
  5. A proposal for a centre on innovation, higher education and science diplomacy for sustainability

Institutions and diplomacy

  • Carlo CorazzaHead of the European Parliament Office in Italy
  • Vito BorrelliEuropean Commission Representation in Rome
  • Giampiero MassoloAmbassador
  • Emanuela Del ReFormer EU Special Representative for the Sahel and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Gennaro MigliorePresident Emeritus, Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean
  • Brando BenifeiMember of the European Parliament, chair of its delegation for relations with the United States
  • Lucio MalanSenator, leader of the Fratelli d’Italia group in the Senate
  • Marco ScurriaSenator, secretary of the Senate’s EU Policies Committee
  • Francesco CorvaroItalian Government’s Special Envoy for Climate Change
  • Alessandro TortorellaCentral Director for Religious Affairs, Ministry of the Interior
  • Riccardo SessaAmbassador, President of the Italian Society for International Organization (SIOI)
  • Yerbolat SembayevHead of Mission, Embassy of Kazakhstan in Italy

Religious communities

  • Riccardo Di SegniChief Rabbi of Rome
  • Nader AkkadImam of the Great Mosque of Rome
  • Ambrogio SpreaficoBishop Emeritus of Frosinone and Anagni, Community of Sant’Egidio
  • Luigi De SalviaPresident, Religions for Peace Italy

Research centres

  • Matthew RobinsonDirector, Euro-Gulf Information Centre (EGIC)
  • Georgios MitrakosDirector General, International Centre for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS)
  • Marco RicceriSecretary General, Eurispes
  • Gianluigi RossiProfessor Emeritus of the History of Treaties and International Politics, Sapienza University of Rome
  • Donato Di BartolomeoSenior Programme Manager, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
  • Gianfranco TamburelliSenior researcher, National Research Council (CNR)