"The nationalists phenomena are a sociological change"

The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emma Bonino, thinks that the increasing of nationalisms in Europe is due to a deep discomfort of the citizens. Bonino admitted that the case of Catalonia is different, because they don’t claim more autonomy of Brussels, as the majority does, but of Madrid. 

Bonino met with a group of foreign correspondents in Rome. Asked about the cases of Scotland, Catalonia and Padania, Bonino has emphasized that they are very different issues. Despite of it, Bonino hasn’t been able to answer if a supposed Catalan State could remain in the European Union. The Italian Minister has described all these nationalists’ phenomena as a “really important sociological change”.

Bonino has admitted that there are two ways to solve this problem: going back to the nationalism, or achieving a further political integration in Europe. 

The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emma Bonino, with John Kerry in Brussels