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    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      Europe Express
      EU ministers to agree on ammunition plan for Ukraine Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Italy’s new government tries its hand at its first major policy reform

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      Europe Express
      EU haggles over more ammunition for Ukraine — and itself Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter: the widening impact of Italy’s migrant tragedy

    • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
      EU immigration
      Meloni denies government failings led to deadly migrant shipwreck

      Italian leader faces mounting pressure after critics blame hardline policies for deaths of more than 70 people

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      Automobiles
      Germany and Italy stall EU ban on combustion engines

      Berlin and Rome raise objections to rules agreed by member states last year

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      EU immigration
      Italian authorities under fire after deadly migrant shipwreck

      Critics link deaths of 67 people with hardline policies of Giorgia Meloni’s government

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      Europe Express
      Young, bisexual and progressive: meet Italy’s new opposition leader Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter: Switzerland’s surprise opposition to the global minimum tax deal

    • Sunday, 26 February, 2023
      EU immigration
      At least 58 migrants dead after boat shatters off Italian coast

      Latest incident triggers fresh criticism of Giorgia Meloni’s rules to limit assistance from NGOs’ rescue fleet

    • Monday, 13 February, 2023
      Global InsightAmy Kazmin
      Meloni bristles over Italy’s ‘junior’ seat at European table

      Italian premier has toned down anti-EU rhetoric but remains in shadow of Draghi era

    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
      Italy’s PM upset by ‘inappropriate’ French-German meeting with Zelenskyy

      Meloni says late-night soirée between Macron, Scholz and Ukraine’s leader did not help ‘unity’

    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Italy to join forces with France in supplying air defences to Ukraine

      Defence minister Guido Crosetto says ‘Ukraine and our allies will be happy’

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      Europe Express
      Why the EU goes to Kyiv with no deal on how to prosecute war crimes Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Italy’s firebrand prime minister plays nice

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      Global InsightAmy Kazmin
      Meloni is making it harder for NGOs to rescue migrants lost at sea

      New Italian protocols aim to stem flow of people while avoiding another Ocean Viking-type row

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      Italian economy
      Italian petrol station owners shut pumps over fuel price dispute

      Motorists endure day of disruption after Giorgia Meloni’s government accuses operators of speculation

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      Italian economy
      Italy’s Meloni seeks to resurrect ‘mythical’ Sicily bridge project

      Contentious Messina span seen as investment catalyst but confronts local resistance

    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
      Europe Express
      Meloni hosts von der Leyen with migrants and money on her mind Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter: a legislation logjam in Brussels looms ahead of the 2024 election shutdown

    • Monday, 19 December, 2022
      Italian economy
      Meloni scraps plan to allow businesses to refuse digital payments

      Measures to promote use of cash threatened to put PM on collision course with Brussels

    • Saturday, 17 December, 2022
      Europe Express
      Italy scores well on foreign policy, less well on the economy Premium content

      The new coalition led by Giorgia Meloni is standing firm on Ukraine but showing no obvious taste for overdue economic reforms

    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      Italy’s central bank highlights risks of Meloni’s plan to promote cash use

      Central bank claims move to increase limit for cash transactions would encourage tax evasion

    • Sunday, 4 December, 2022
      Italian economy
      Meloni pushes back on Italy’s shift into digital payments age

      Brussels may resist plan to give businesses the right to demand cash for low-value transactions

    • Wednesday, 16 November, 2022
      Fight over migrant rescue ship sours Italy’s relations with France

      Spat reinforces concern about Giorgia Meloni’s readiness to work constructively with EU

    • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
      EU immigration
      Paris warns of ‘consequences’ as France accepts migrant ship rejected by Italy

      Rome’s ‘unacceptable’ refusal to allow vessel to dock tests Franco-Italian relationship

    • Wednesday, 9 November, 2022
      OutlookSilvia Sciorilli Borrelli
      Why Italy’s first woman premier wants to be called ‘Il Presidente’

      Giorgia Meloni’s request to be known by the masculine article only reinforces the notion that the role is inherently male

    • Wednesday, 9 November, 2022
      EU immigration
      Rescue ship heads to France after Italy refuses refuge for migrants

      Paris accuses Giorgia Meloni’s government of ‘unacceptable’ stance over vessel carying 234 people

    • Monday, 7 November, 2022
      EU immigration
      Italy blocks rescued migrants from landing and orders ship to leave port

      New government’s pledge to curb illegal migration faces potential legal action over ‘law of the sea’

    • Saturday, 5 November, 2022
      Italians demand end to Ukraine arms shipments in Rome peace march

      Demonstration highlights resistance to Giorgia Meloni’s continued military support for Kyiv

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