Federica Mogherini

Federica Mogherini   (Politician)
Born	18 June 1973 Rome, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Alma mater	Sapienza University of Rome, Sciences Po Aix
Children	2
Spouse	Matteo Rebesani
Member of	European Leadership Network, European Policy Centre, International Crisis Group/Board, Marshall Memorial Fellowship, Munich Security Conference/Advisory Council
Party	Democratic Party
Italian politician, WEF  High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy In office 1 November 2014 - Present Preceded by Catherine Ashton  Italy/Minister of Foreign Affairs In office 22 February 2014 - 31 October 2014 Preceded by Emma Bonino Succeeded by Paolo Gentiloni  Member of the Chamber of Deputies In office 29 April 2008 - 30 October 2014 Preceded by Enrico Letta

Federica Mogherini is an Italian politician and the current High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission in the Juncker Commission since 1 November 2014.

Mogherini was Italy's Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation from 22 February 2014 until 31 October 2014 in the centre-left Cabinet of Matteo Renzi.

She is a member of the Italian Democratic Party and the Party of European Socialists.

Reaction to the Brussels bombings

On 22 March 2016 Mogherini was on an official visit to Jordan. She was told of the Mass murder in Brussels just before a joint news conference with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh. She was quoted as follows:

Fighting back tears following the Brussels attacks, EU's foreign policy chief abruptly walked out of a news conference in Amman after saying that "today is a difficult day." Federica Mogherini was wrapping up her opening statement at a joint news conference with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh when she was overcome by emotion. When Judeh resumed speaking, she walked over to him, whispered "I'm sorry," and briefly embraced him. The two then walked off the stage.

Mogherini said in her opening remarks in Jordan that it was a "very sad day for Europe, as Europe and its capital are suffering the same pain that this region has known and knows every single day, being it in Syria, being it elsewhere."

Her emotion was no doubt genuine, but in spite of her dutiful reference to the suffering in Syria and the Middle East generally, it begs questions about her - and her predecessor Catherine Ashton's - feelings towards the non-European tragedies, many of which were and are the direct result of EU foreign policies for which they are notionally responsible. As a perceptive Russian commentator puts it:

“I never saw tears from a European official when terrorists killed our children in Beslan, when terrorists bombed our houses, and subway stations, when they downed our planes, when our people were burned alive in Odessa, or Ukrainian fascists were killing our children in Donbass. They were mostly grinning, sometimes expressing sympathy, but never forgetting to say that it was this “Regime” that was to blame.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Brussels Forum/2014	21 March 2014	24 March 2014	Belgium Brussels	Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA-close German Marshall Fund. The theme in 2014 was A World in Transition
Brussels Forum/2015	20 March 2015	22 March 2015	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia Cleve	Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA-close German Marshall Fund. The 2015 main theme was (R)evolution.
Brussels Forum/2018			Belgium Brussels	Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund.
WEF/Annual Meeting/2015	21 January 2015	24 January 2015	World Economic Forum Switzerland	Attended by a lot of people. This page lists only the 261 "Public Figures".
WEF/Annual Meeting/2016	20 January 2016	23 January 2016	World Economic Forum Switzerland	Attended by a lot of people, both leaders and followers
WEF/Annual Meeting/2017	17 January 2017	20 January 2017	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2951 known participants