Italy & Brexit

Cardiff University’s Wales Governance Centre hosted this talk and Q&A session with Raffaele Trombetta, Ambassador of Italy to the United Kingdom on 11th February 2019.
As part of his visit to Wales, the Ambassador outlines Italy's perspective on the Brexit process.
Ambassador Trombetta was born in Naples in 1960. He obtained a degree in Political Sciences from Federico II University in Naples and a masters in European Studies from the London School of Economics, beginning his diplomatic career in 1985.
He has served as Ambassador to the UK since 2018. He previously served as consul in the UK from 1990 to 1995. His career also includes postings in Bogotá, Brussels, Beijing and Brasilia; in the latter he was ambassador from 2013 to 2016. He was head of the Paolo Gentiloni’s cabinet when Gentiloni was Minister of Foreign Affairs, and since January 2017 he has been the Italian government representative for the G7 and G20.

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