2026-09-25 20:55:21Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Italian Deputy Prime Minister and leader of Forza Italia, Antonio Tajani, has sparked strong controversy in the neighboring country with his latest statement, or as he called it, a friendly piece of advice for today's young people who want to start a family.

“My children are married. But if I had to advise a young man which woman to marry, I would suggest a less attractive woman, but more reliable, more serious, who will certainly be a good mother. Ready to give the necessary answers, always present. Maybe less beautiful, with a slightly longer skirt. But while with the attractive one you can get a few “cornettos”, with the other you are certainly sure of eternal love. She will keep her promise to marry and ensure the stability of the home. She will be there.”

This is Antonio Tajani's statement, which initially went almost unnoticed even though the deputy prime minister and leader of Forza Italia had gone so far as to explain that a woman who is "attractive, but can betray you", while "a beautiful woman, but perhaps less attractive, is a person who guarantees the stability of the home, of the family".

The footage has been widely shared online and has sparked comments both for and against. The Italian Deputy Prime Minister himself has said on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York that he never intended to offend women.

"I apologize if people were offended by what I said, but I never intended to offend women. I have never done that in my life, neither in my private life nor in my public life."

Italia Viva wrote on social media: "Tajani always manages to amaze us, offering us pearls of wisdom. The Deputy Prime Minister thinks it is better not to marry a beautiful girl. A slogan in the style of the 1950s, worthy of the worst of Mediterranean patriarchy", denounce Renzi's supporters, highlighting the inappropriateness of these words "in light of the political commitment to femicide".

"Tajan's statements about today's girls give us an idea of ​​the women of the nineteenth century. The Foreign Minister should address the issue of the burqas of Afghan women, not the miniskirts of Italian girls," added Matteo Renzi.

The Democratic Party also strongly criticized the minister. Senator Valeria Valente said: “He is a concentration of stereotypes about women and a vision of women as angels of the hearth, who faithfully wait for their husbands at home with the children, dressed in long skirts. Tajani’s statements are simply shameful, unworthy of a minister of the Italian Republic.”

Antonio Tajani, responding to recent controversies, has also taken a personal example precisely in defense of women and girls.

"I appointed and chose to appoint two female ambassadors to Iran and Afghanistan, precisely to send a very clear signal that women's rights cannot be violated anywhere in the world. This is one example; I could give 100 others," added the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister.


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