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Pressure builds on Italy’s Meloni to shun Trump as she gears up for 2027 election

ROME — Italy’s right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni can no longer afford to keep U.S. President Donald Trump happy when she faces a battle to win reelection next year. In the first year of Trump’s presidency, the instinctively transatlanticist Meloni styled herself as the European leader best placed to build bridges with MAGA. And over the course of 2025, she embraced a relationship in which the U.S. leader praised her as “highly respected” and a...

Meloni vows justice over ‘horrific murder’ of four migrants burned alive in minivan

Meloni vows justice over ‘horrific murder’ of four migrants burned alive in minivan The public prosecutor leading the investigation in Italy says he has ‘never seen such cruelty’ in 30 years of work - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni has condemned the “horrific murder” of four migrant workers who were burned alive in a minivan in Calabria. The attack was caught on a surveillance camera at a garage in Amendolara, near Cosenza. Footage showed the vehicle...

Italy's Meloni congratulates PM Modi on surpassing Nehru's record, recalls recent Rome meeting

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he surpassed Jawaharlal Nehru's record to become India's longest-serving elected Prime Minister. PM Modi completed 4,399 consecutive days in office, overtaking Nehru's tenure as an elected prime minister. He has served continuously since first taking office in 2014.

Is Italy’s Giorgia Meloni in trouble?

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music With a slowing economy, soaring energy costs and mounting pressure on defense spending, PM Giorgia Meloni faces an uphill battle in next year’s Italian election. Amid all this, Zoya and Ian discuss how a recent European Commission decision to exempt certain green investments from its public-spending rules is a small win for the Italian leader. They dig deeper into the thought process behind this move from the...

EU Budget Leeway for Meloni and Peers Gets Slammed by Watchdog

Tax & Spend EU Budget Leeway for Meloni and Peers Gets Slammed by Watchdog The European Commission shouldn’t have given in to pressure from governments seeking extra leeway for energy-related aid, the European Union’s budget watchdog said. In one of the most stinging rebukes delivered since its creation a decade ago, the European Fiscal Board highlighted risks posed to consumer prices and to the credibility of revamped deficit rules, and criticized how an exemption for military spending has...

Giorgia Meloni’s Italy wants to rename electricity

Italy introduces parental consent for sex education in schools

Italy introduces parental consent for sex education in schools Criticism from opposition parties that it could restrict teenagers' access to important information - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments Parental consent will now be mandatory for sex education in Italian schools, under a reform championed by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government. It also excludes the subject from nurseries and primary schools. The bill, sponsored by Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara, won final...

EU summit with western Balkan leaders to reaffirm membership prospects

Macron, Merz and von der Leyen among those due to gather in Montenegro for talks on integration of six countriesEuropean leaders will seek to show six western Balkan countries that they have a real chance of joining the EU one day, despite splits over how to handle enlargement of the 27-member bloc. Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz, Giorgia Meloni and Ursula von der Leyen are among more than 30 leaders expected to gather in the Montenegrin coastal resort of Tivat on Friday for summit talks....

Protesters want to send ‘fascists to Mars’ aboard mock rocket

Protesters want to send 'fascists to Mars' aboard mock rocket Protesters want to send ‘fascists to Mars’ aboard mock rocket Environmental activists in Rome built a mock rocket with caricatures of Giorgia Meloni and Donald Trump, calling for ‘fascists’ to be launched to another planet. The protest condemned government inaction on climate change and the global rise of authoritarian politics. Published On 31 May 2026

EU summit with western Balkan leaders to reaffirm membership prospects

Macron, Merz and von der Leyen among those due to gather in Montenegro for talks on integration of six countriesEuropean leaders will seek to show six western Balkan countries that they have a real chance of joining the EU one day, despite splits over how to handle enlargement of the 27-member bloc. Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz, Giorgia Meloni and Ursula von der Leyen are among more than 30 leaders expected to gather in the Montenegrin coastal resort of Tivat on Friday for summit talks....