Emma Bonino Quotes

In part, the parallel Serbian institutions exist because Kosovo Serbs have not been offered the necessary services to sustain their communities.

I mean to defend the rights of individuals in a liberal prospect.

I am now concerned with women`s issues in a different way: women from Afghanistan, from Cambodia.

I was thrown into the Parliament right away. From 1976 to 1978 I was concerned with the abortion issue, later on with that of divorce.

I support the recommendations made by the International Crisis Group. The primary responsibility is for Kosovo Albanians to demonstrate that their treatment of minorities is adequate.

I should have worried about taking responsibilities for which I was not ready.

I think nowadays economic liberties are an explosive issue.

The speed of movement towards independence will depend on Kosovo demonstrating that it is capable of treating minorities well. We have not always seen that.

Drafting a constitution is only the first step. The constitution has to be granted legitimacy by open discussion and a fair, representative referendum.

Women movements would form among the factory workers, a great mobilisation that destroyed the old models.

In the labour market, women are favoured. There are prospects closer to our nature, and values that can be our own, not borrowed.

I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic.

My mother was a regular church-goer and was very tolerant.

The two great cultural and political currents of Italy have always only been concerned with the masses.

Macedonia`s handling of ethnic relations and other issues is encouraging.

A woman must combine the role of mother, wife and politician.

We are aware of the strategic location of Kuwait, besides the stable region.

The individual couldn`t find any attention in Italy.

Women are clear-headed, they are more creative and for this reason, sometimes, also more fragile.

Albania has to demonstrate that it is willing to be a reliable partner in the international community.

There were problems politicians wouldn`t care to face. Personal issues were not worth their attention. Politics wouldn`t enter kitchens or bedrooms.

I was on leave from local and regional politics, as long as I was a Minister.

Men don`t have as many difficulties and are more supported to combine the different aspects of their life.

My mother`s studies stopped with the third year of primary school, my father with the first. They taught me a deep sense of duty. But nobody was involved in politics in my family.

I met the Radicals and we liked each other reciprocally.

I thought there had to be something I could do because it seemed crazy that, in addition to the psychological tragedy each woman has to face, came also all the rest.

We did not find the way out of all problems, but we do have more tools. Some principles are the same even though uncertainties remain.

I felt that what is personal is political.

I was very restless, but finally I found my way.

The fact remains; chauvinism is prevailing.

My family had liberal positions.

Kosovo`s destiny is clearly to join the European Union at some point.

The knowledge of languages was very useful. I have a university degree in foreign languages and literature.

I was elected to the Parliament. I have kept my position as a politician in the Regional Parliament, where I am President of the Committee of Health.

The EU should have consolidated its different presences and purposes in Kosovo earlier.