ITALY: REPRESENTATIVES OF ANTI-GLOBALISTION GROUPS PLANNING RALLIES AT JULY'S G8 SUMMIT IN GENOA MEET WITH ITALIAN MINISTERS TO DISCUSS SECURITY ISSUES

Record ID: 648320

  • Title: ITALY: REPRESENTATIVES OF ANTI-GLOBALISTION GROUPS PLANNING RALLIES AT JULY'S G8 SUMMIT IN GENOA MEET WITH ITALIAN MINISTERS TO DISCUSS SECURITY ISSUES
  • Date: 28th June 2001
  • Summary: ROME, ITALY (JUNE 28, 2001)(REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. LV/SCU: ITALY'S FOREIGN MINISTRY/ ITALIAN FLAG (2 SHOTS) 0.07 2. CU: SIGN READING: 'Meeting with representatives of Genoa Social Forum' 0.10 3. MV: SPOKESMAN OF THE GENOA SOCIAL FORUM, VITTORIO AGNOLETTO, WALKING TOWARDS THE PRESS 0.18 4. PAN DOWN: AGNOLETTO CHECKING HIS BAG 0.21 5. SV: (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) SPOKESMAN OF THE GENOA SOCIAL FORUM, VITTORIO AGNOLETTO SAYING: "We think we obtained important victories on some points: The full recognition of our right to demonstrate in Genoa during the G8 and the assurance that the army will not be involved in crowd control activities in those days. As far as solutions are concerned our distance remains very great. We think that Saturday's (June 30) meeting (with police chiefs in Genoa) is the last possible meeting to find solutions that will make the (G8) days easier for everybody." 1.05 6. WIDE OF AGNOLETTO TALKING TO PRESS 1.08 7. MV: PRESS 1.09 8. SV: (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) AGNOLETTO SAYING: "We will be responsible for the peacefulness of the demonstrations that we will be in charge of. Meaning that we'll prevent external infiltrations, both from those who want to transform the demos into violence, but also from forces of the state, with or without uniforms, as it happened in Barcelona." 1.38 9. SV: POLICE AND PRESS 1.41 10. WS: AGNOLETTO LEAVING PRESS CONFERENCE 1.44 11. SV: JOURNALIST TALKING ON PHONE 1.47 12. MV: FOREIGN MINISTER RENATO RUGGIERO AND INTERIOR MINISTER CLAUDIO SCAJOLA MEETING PRESS 1.55 13. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER RENATO RUGGIERO SAYING: "This will be an open G8, not a closed G8, not a G8 only for the rich. Also, our agenda coincides with the themes that those NGOs and organisations are keen about: The fight against poverty, the reduction of debt, the liberalisation of trade in favour of the world's poorest countries and the struggle against AIDS where will try to reach high quantity results in favour of the United Nations fund." 2.31 14. CU: MICROPHONES 2.33 15. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) ITALIAN INTERIOR MINISTER CLAUDIO SCAJOLA SAYING: "We will guarantee public order rigorously to avoid any form of violence. We found in those whom we meet tonight a will to demonstrate in a peaceful manner. If this will is maintained in the facts the G8 can turn into an important occasion to emphasise also the reasons of dissent." 4.05 16. SV: POLICE OFFICER 3.08 17. SV: MINISTERS LEAVING 3.13 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: ROME, ITALY
  • Country: Italy
  • Reuters ID: LVA7JKKLYEPA43C6BQS7LME57VMH
  • Story Text: After their first meeting with Italy's foreign and interior
    ministers, representatives from the groups that are
    planning rallies at next months G8 summit in Genoa are
    said to be happy that their right to demonstrate was being
    acknowledged. There still remains differences with the
    authorities regarding how the protests can be conducted.


    Representatives of the Genoa Social Forum, the umbrella
    organisation comprising over 700 anti-globalisation groups
    that plan rallies at next months G8 summit in in Genoa, met
    Italy's foreign and interior minister on Thursday (June 28th)
    to discuss security issues.

    "We think we obtained important victories on some points:
    The full recognition of our right to demonstrate in Genoa
    during the G8 and the assurance that the army will not be
    involved in crowd control activities in those days," said
    Vittorio Agnoletto, the activist lawyer who has been chosen as
    a spokesman by the Genoa Social Forum, after the meeting.

    But Agnoletto added: "As far solutions are concerned our
    distance remains very great. We think that Saturday's (June
    30) meeting (with police chiefs in Genoa) is the last possible
    chance to find solutions that will make the (G8) days easier
    for everybody."
    Agnoletto also said that the Genoa Social Forum would feel
    responsible for the peacefulness of the demonstrations that
    they are arranging.

    Italy's foreign minister, Renato Ruggiero, a former
    director of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) made efforts to
    persuade the protestors that Italy's G8 will be different from
    previous summits.

    "This will be an open G8, not a closed G8, not a G8 only
    for the rich. Also, our agenda coincides with the themes that
    those NGOs and organisations are keen about: The fight against
    poverty, the reduction of debt, the liberalisation of trade in
    favour of the world's poorest countries and the struggle
    against AIDS where will try to reach high quantity results in
    favour of the United Nations fund," Ruggiero told the press
    after the meeting.

    The interior minister, Claudio Scajola, said everything
    will depend on how peaceful the demonstrators will be
    "We will guarantee public order rigorously to avoid any
    form of violence. We found in those whom we meet tonight a
    will to demonstrate in a peaceful manner," Scajola said. "If
    this will is maintained in the facts the G8 can turn into an
    important occasion to emphasise also the reasons of dissent."
    Important issues, such as the openness of frontiers and
    the locations of the city where demos are going to be allowed,
    remained unsolved and they are likely to create tensions
    between the Italian government and demonstrators in the days
    before the summit

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