Luca GORI Ambassador of Italy to the Republic of Serbia Florence, July 27, 1968 CURRICULUM VITAE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Since July 1995: Diplomat, Italian Foreign Office, Rome. He has worked at: • (1995-99) Political Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome. • (1999-2003) Embassy of Italy to the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia (First Secretary). Political section. • (2003-2007) Permanent Representation of Italy to the EU, Brussels, Belgium (Counsellor). Italian delegate to the EU for the Balkans. • (2007-2010) Foreign Minister’s Cabinet, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome. Minister’s speechwriter. • (2010-2014) Embassy of Italy in Washington, DC. Head of the Press and Public Affairs Office. • (2014-2015) Italian Presidency of the Republic, Rome. First Counsellor for the Mediterranean, the Middle East and the Gulf. • (2015-2016) Foreign Minister’s Cabinet, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome. Minister’s speechwriter and member of the steering committee for the MED Dialogues. - 2 - • (2016-2017) Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Secretary General’s Office and member of the steering committee for the MED Dialogues. • (2018 to 2021) Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Political Director/Principal Director for Mediterranean, Middle East and Gulf Countries. • (2021 to 2022) Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Minister’s Chief of Staff. In 2021 he received the Knight Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. * * * LANGUAGES Italian, English, French, Russian EDUCATION 1994-95 School of Diplomatic Studies, University of Florence, Italy. 1993 Political Science, University of Florence, Italy (graduation cum laude). 1992 Erasmus Program, Political Science, Sorbonne University, Paris, France. MAIN PUBLICATIONS - Santa Sede e Francia: la decolonizzazione dell’Africa nera francese (1953-1960), “Studi Storici”, 1, 2002 - Il russo del diplomatico, Padova, 2007 - L’Unione Europea e i Balcani Occidentali, Catanzaro, 2008 - The Balkans and the European Union, in The Foreign Policy of the EU, Brookings Institution, 2010 - L’America allo specchio, Roma, 2015 - L’interesse nazionale: la bussola dell’Italia (insieme ad Alessandro Aresu), Roma, 2018. - La Russia eterna, Roma 2021. FAMILY AND FREE TIME Married with Eugenia and father of Beatrice and Alessandro. He enjoys writing, reading, travelling, art and sports (soccer, basket and ten
Tuesday 29
12.45 - 13.45
WHAT FUTURE FOR EU ENLARGEMENT AND THE WESTERN BALKANS? ASSESSING THE NEW EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE AFTER THE RECENT EUROPEAN ELECTIONS
Metropol Palace Hotel
A panel on the outlook of the new Von der Layen Commission, its priorities, a profile of relevant Commissioners (i.e. Enlargement) and how they might have changed due to the results of the recent European Elections.