“You can't demand generational change on the one hand and expect 40 years of experience on the other.”

—  Federica Mogherini

As quoted in "Yearning for Change: Italian Diplomacy Just Got Younger" by Walter Mayr, in Der Spiegel (4 July 2014).

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