Close

U.S. President Donald Trump has agreed to an official visit to Rome and will consider also meeting representatives of the European Union while there, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday in the Oval Office. Meloni's U.S. trip came amid a tariff row between Washington and Brussels and was seen as an attempt to facilitate dialogue a...

0
128

Giorgia Meloni has pitched herself as a broker between Washington and Brussels. Next week, at the Oval Office, the Italian prime minister will get a chance to show them what she’s got. Meloni will visit the White House on April 17 “for an official working visit,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed during a briefing Tuesday. The right-wing p...

0
151

While global economies hold their breath over the potential fallout from US tariffs, Italy’s Fincantieri is positioning itself to benefit from a much more profound shift: the United States push to revive its shipbuilding industry—both civilian and military—a cornerstone of Donald Trump’s industrial policy agenda. This was evident on Saturday during...

0
104

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and its top business lobby warned on Wednesday that looming U.S. tariffs would have a major impact on the country's exports and already struggling economy. U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce sweeping new tariffs on global trading partners later in the day, upending decades of rules-based trade,...

233

Giorgia Meloni has dismissed the idea that Italy will have to choose sides between the US and Europe as “childish” and “superficial”, insisting she would do whatever is necessary to defend her country’s interests. The Italian prime minister said it was “in the interests of everyone” to overcome severe strains in the transatlantic relationship, desc...

0
371

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni delivered a speech via remote connection from Italy to CPAC, the American Conservative conference. In her opening remarks, Meloni paid tribute to the friendship between Italy and the United States and to the Italian American community. "Today I greet you with the pride of representing, as Prime Minister, an ext...

0
596

On Monday, At the informal European Council meeting in Brussels, EU leaders expressed a unified stance against a trade war with the United States but signalled different approaches. French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz took a firm stance, warning that the EU must assert itself and respond decisively if necessary. Itali...

0
204

U.S. Rep. Mike Rulli, R-Salem, welcomed Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to President Donald Trump’s inauguration Monday. As the newly appointed co-chair of the bipartisan Italian-American Congressional Delegation, Rulli said he has a strong focus on deepening the bond between the nations. Meloni, Italy’s first female prime minister, has been...

0
232

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will attend U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, officials from her office said on Friday, in a trip that should further strengthen her ties with the U.S. leader. Meloni paid a flying visit to Trump earlier this month at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, winning praise from the incoming p...

0
221

The President of the Italian Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, had a telephone conversation with the President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, to whom she wished first of all to express her personal and the Italian government's feelings of solidarity for the terrible devastation caused by the fires in California. During the conversa...

0
251