On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, an extraordinary Conference of Speakers of EU Parliaments takes place in Rome. Meeting with Pietro GRASSO, President of the Italian Senate, Paolo GENTILONI, Italian Prime minister, and Donald TUSK, President of the Council and opening speech by Antonio TAJANI, EP President.

TAJANI, Antonio (EPP, IT)

TIMMERMANS, Frans (NL, EC)

EU - Italy (T)

Italy

Rome

interinstitutional relations (T)

TUSK, Donald (PL)

GENTILONI, Paolo (IT, EC)

60th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome (T)

interparliamentary conference

GRASSO, Pietro (IT)

extraordinary meeting

Extraordinary Conference of Speakers of EU Parliaments in Rome: meeting with Pietro GRASSO, President of the Italian Senate with Donald TUSK, President of the Council and opening speech by Antonio TAJANI, EP President and by Donald TUSK

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External shots of the Italian senate (2 shots)

Interior : handshake Paolo  GENTILONI, Italian Prime Minsiter with Pietro GRASSO, President of the Italian Senate

Antonio TAJANI, EP President with Donald TUSK, President of the Council and Paolo GENTILONI, Italian Prime Minister

Arrival of Georgio NAPOLETANO, former Italian President Antonio TAJANI, EP President in the art exhibition "Books that made Europe, Economic Governance and Democracy from the Fifteenth to the Twentieth Century" with Paolo GENTILONI, Italian Prime Minister, Pietro GRASSO, President of the Italian Senate, Donald TUSK, President of the Council and Frans TIMMERMANS, EC Vice-President (6 shots)

Antonio TAJANI, EP President with Pietro GRASSO, President of the Italian Senate, and Mario MONTI,

Antonio TAJANI, EP President with Paolo GENTILONI, Italian Prime Minister, Pietro GRASSO, President of the Ialian Senate, and Mario MONTI.

SOUNDBITE (Italian), Antonio TAJANI, EP President, "We are facing one of the most difficult moments of our 60-year history many of our citizens have a sense of loss also linked to a general climate of uncertainty within and outside the European Union increases the distance to the institutions although recently in the Netherlands shows that there is still desire to Europe and the first time we are to negotiate the release of an important member country youth unemployment dress many areas unacceptable levels our security is threatened by terrorism to the instability boundaries of concern for the increase in migration flows of some of our neighbors seem to increasingly move towards nationalism of these and many governments are tempted by protectionism the inability to properly respond to these fears feeds populism retreat towards national solution, and every man for himself now more than ever we must instead show that these challenges are won only if we are united."

SOUNDBITE (Italian), Antonio TAJANI, EP President, "In Rome on March 25 it is expected to sign a solemn declaration also by the leadership of the European institutions today more than ever we need European unity. the European Union must be changed should not be destroyed but should not be weakened pay all of us Europeans an incalculable price .Its for a success story when you embody a dream of prosperity progress of freedom and peace is for us representatives of European citizens change the image of an abstract inefficient and bureaucratic's up to us to excite again the Europeans to a major project know the national and European parliamentarians give a new dream to half a billion people there i especially ask the young people want to believe they want to dream they want to hope woe to a political class that takes young people the dream hope the desire to look ahead here is what is dear friends gentlemen presidents the challenge to which we are called, I believe that none of us will pull back, we owe do for our children."

Cutaways Donald TUSK,  President of the Council and Frans TIMMERMANS, EC Vice-President