“Reestablish an international order based on rules, without denying differences and points of conflict.” An order in which Europe can regain the role of “bridge between West and East,” with a final objective that is more strategic than ever: “Avoid war.” Giulio Tremonti thus summarizes to Il Sole 24 Ore the core of the discussion that will engage the “Italian-Chinese Parliamentary Cooperation Commission,” just reestablished after five years thanks to the visit to Beijing, from March 22 to 25, of a delegation from the Chamber’s Foreign Affairs Commission led by the former minister, who co-chairs the body together with Wang Donming, vice president of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress. A meeting is already scheduled: it will be held next autumn in Rome, at Montecitorio.
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Could parliamentary diplomacy work where conventional diplomacy fails?
In conventional diplomacy, relations between states suffer from rigidity linked to the origin, the provenance of governments. With parliamentary diplomacy, representation is broader because it includes the opposition. The dialogue was extensive. During the mission, we met not only parliamentary colleagues but also representatives of the Chinese Communist Party, the International Department, and the Central School of the CCP Central Committee.
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School where you gave a lecture in 2009 precisely on the globalization crisis.
Yes. In March, I deliberately wore the School’s tie, very austere. None of our interlocutors had it. Everyone was now wearing “Western” ties. It is a sign: compared to then, China has maintained its gigantic economic dimension but in addition has now developed an equally gigantic political dimension, comparable to the American one. The Italian proposal, seventeen years ago, during the Italian presidency of the G8, was to produce shared rules to move from free trade to fair trade. The meaning was clear: you cannot live in a world where the only rule is that there are no rules; instead, a global legal standard is needed. It went differently. It was thought sufficient to print money, produce prudential rules on finance, and the formula of the Financial Stability Board won. Today, there is very little stability to be seen!
