The EU reacted harshly, warning that tariffs would disrupt supply chains and announcing countermeasures. Palazzo Chigi confirmed its support for the European position, but urged avoiding confrontation. Confindustria (the Italian employers' federation) called for compensation, while Schlein denounced "autarchy folly."
At 18pm today, Macron and Meloni meet in Rome to iron out differences after the tensions of recent months. The Elysée: "Important visit". Palazzo Chigi: "Very positive signal"
Between political vetoes, slogans and party strategies, Italy slows down on the ESM and leaves Europe waiting: a completely political impasse that weighs on the financial stability of the Eurozone
Following the enthronement of Pope Leo XIV, a trilateral meeting was held in Rome between Prime Minister Meloni, US Vice President Vance and European Commission President von der Leyen. At the center, the resumption of negotiations on the Ukrainian crisis…
Meloni does not attend the "Volenterosi" summit in Albania and opts out, claiming that she will not send troops to Ukraine. But Macron's response is vitriolic: "This was not the topic of the summit: enough misinformation". Personal antipathy towards…
The new German Chancellor will meet Giorgia Meloni in the next few hours at Palazzo Chigi but so far she has not shown great consideration for our country, preferring Poland. The downgrading hurts us but perhaps we deserved it
No substantial progress in yesterday's technical meeting between Unicredit and Mef, in which neither Orcel nor Giorgetti participated. The technical table will continue but cannot resolve issues that are all political
The leader of Forza Italia appears dissatisfied with the absence of the Prime Minister at the summit of the "willing" but lowers his guard on the ESM even though he knows that the failure to ratify it tarnishes Italy's European image
Interview with STEFANO SILVESTRI, former president of IAI and a great expert on international and military issues: Trump's USA, the religious war between Trump supporters, the trade war and the war in Ukraine ("Peace will still take a long time…
Under the pretext of "national security", the Government shows that it puts political interests before economic ones. The result? Damage to Italy's image and a flight of foreign capital
Meloni met with JD Vance at Palazzo Chigi to discuss defense, gas, artificial intelligence and Ukraine. While Italy strengthens ties with Washington, Europe puts the brakes on the possibility of a summit Trump in Rome: "Brussels is better"
In anticipation of the Easter weekend, today is packed with events, first and foremost the conversation between Meloni and Trump on duties. The economic and financial world will instead keep its eyes on Frankfurt, where the ECB will announce a new…
A double No from President Trump - on the elimination of tariffs for industry and cars and on Ukraine - reignites tensions between the US and the European Union. Tomorrow it will take all of Giorgia Meloni's diplomatic skills to soften…
The Israeli Prime Minister's American mission was a resounding failure and President Trump humiliated him almost as much as Zelensky. Meloni goes to the White House on Thursday 17: watch out Giorgia, because the American tycoon doesn't give anyone any discounts
At 22pm Italian time Donald Trump will announce the new duties. Mattarella: "A united response is needed from the EU". Meloni: "Work to avoid a trade war". Here are the most exposed sectors and the risks for Italy
Strong intervention by the former leader of the French May and then MEP of the Greens, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, to wake up the left in the face of the Russian threat: "The Russian aggressor will not stop on his own" and one-way pacifism "risks disarming Europe"
You can agree or disagree with the Ventotene Manifesto but don't forget that it is a symbol of Europeanism and even less use it to divide Italians. Meloni prefers to act as a partisan leader rather than a prime minister who knows how to unite the…
Showdown on rearmament at EU summit. Leaders approve Ursula von der Leyen's defense plan but are divided on debt and the tools to finance the increase in spending. The dossier is postponed to the June summit,…
The "pro Europe" demonstration next Saturday in Rome has turned into a protest against the European rearmament plan, ignoring the urgency of a common defense. Italy continues to create confusion, slowing down the path towards a true Union
Green light for the European rearmament plan: 419 in favor, 204 against, 46 abstentions. Split in the Democratic Party with 11 abstentions and 10 in favor. Lega, M5S and Avs against the resolution. Rejected the proposal of Fratelli d'Italia to rename the plan in…
The disasters caused by Trump on Ukraine but also on the economy and financial markets are causing an unexpected distancing even from the European far right. The cases of France, Spain and Italy are eloquent
Be with Trump's America or with Europe that supports the just cause of Zelensky's Ukraine? This is what Italians would like to understand from Prime Minister Meloni who appeared taken aback by the recent attacks of the American boss on the Ukrainian President. The dream of…
Heavy and unusual attack by Putin's Russia on our President of the Republic for his speech in Marseille in which he drew a parallel between Moscow's aggression against Ukraine and the projects of Hitler's Third Reich. Full solidarity with…
Trump's bill may have reached Palazzo Chigi, but the Prime Minister's silence on the American President's tsunami on Gaza, on the negotiations for Ukraine without Zelensky and Europe and on tariffs raises many doubts.
For the former prime minister, the dialogue between Meloni and Trump is positive but without affecting the competences of the Von der Leyen Commission and European trade policy, without which "we would be in a mess"
Three tsunamis in ten days (Trump 2.0, the Chinese challenge on Artificial Intelligence, and the MPS takeover of Mediobanca with the support of the Government) are literally revolutionizing our world. Nothing will ever be the same again, even if many don't…
Very harsh exchange between the Prime Minister and the magistrates on the Almasri case. Tension also on the investigation on Santanchè for fraud against the INPS
The secretary of the Democratic Party and the leader of the Five Star Movement do not seem to have noticed the Trump cyclone that promises or threatens to change the world and continue to act as if nothing had happened and without a shred of strategy. Shortsightedness…
Meloni in press conference: “Never talked to Elon Musk about Starlink”. On the Sala case “triangulation with the US and Iran. Abedini under consideration by the Ministry of Justice”. And on the US: “I do not foresee Trump withdrawing from Ukraine, duties are not the right solution, for…
The release of Cecilia Sala is a great success for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her special relations with President Trump but now, instead of displacing Europe, she must succeed in dragging the entire sleepy EU into dialogue with America of…
Bloomberg claims that Italy is ready to sign a satellite telecommunications agreement with Elon Musk but Prime Minister Meloni denies it. The opposition demands clarity in Parliament
Elisabetta Belloni has announced her early resignation, effective January 15, from the leadership of the Department of Security Information. The decision comes in the midst of the Cecilia Sala affair detained in Iran
Without a proportional electoral law, which is not on the agenda, there is no room for an independent Third Pole and the Center can only choose: either here or there. But this does not erase the malaise of the moderate wing,…
Meloni's choice to vote in favor of the Von der Leyen Commission is a novelty that should not be underestimated. The Prime Minister breaks with her sovereignist past and takes a more decidedly pro-European line that can only do good...
Who knows if Meloni's pro Von der Leyen U-turn will be the first step not only to support Fitto but to become less Eurosceptic and more pro-European, but the real problem of Europe today is how to deal with the destructive anxiety on…
The President of the Republic's firm defense of Italian sovereignty in the face of Elon Musk's interference is a clear warning also for Trump and Meloni: on foreign policy, on economic policy and on European policy.
Incredible attack by Elon Musk on the Italian judges who rejected the migrant operation in Albania. Perhaps Trump's favorite tycoon wanted to do a favor to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni but he only made himself look like an arrogant billionaire who…
Bad figure and institutional discourtesy of the vice president of the CSM Fabio Pinelli who, disrespecting the Head of State, visited the Prime Minister, warning Mattarella only at the last minute precisely in the days in which the storm is raging between Meloni…
An authoritative intervention by the President of the Republic pushes for a halt to the lacerating clash between the Prime Minister and the magistrates on migrants in Albania. Today the Council of Ministers will approve the new decree
With the arrival of the Libra ship in Albania, Giorgia Meloni is looking for European allies for her so-called "innovative solutions" on the migration front. However, the closure of the Polish border with Belarus presents new challenges on the horizon
The Council of Ministers approved the bill on the budget maneuver for 2025 yesterday evening. Green light for the controversial withdrawal of 3,5 billion from banks and insurance companies for healthcare. Confirmation of the wedge cut and…
On the table of the Council of Ministers the budget maneuver and the fiscal decree on Irpef. Banks, land registry taxes and pensions are the new features of the maneuver conceived by Minister Giorgetti
New Israeli provocation against Unifil: two tanks in the Italian base. Strong protests from the UN and Prime Minister Meloni but Netanyahu wants it to go away
Three European countries and US President Biden strongly condemn Israeli attacks on Unifil. President Mattarella convenes the Supreme Defense Council
The President of the Senate, Ignazio La Russa, insinuates that the left is behind the spying of many important figures in the Apulian banking sector, but the list of those spied on blatantly denies this.
The house in Bisceglie of the former employee of Intesa Sanpaolo, who already fired him in August, was searched. He is accused of unauthorized access to computer systems and attempted procurement of information relating to state security. The banker…
Cold comment from the Prime Minister on the Economy Minister's outburst on the opportunity to raise land registry taxes for those who have benefited from the Superbonus
Without sparing criticism of the Government's budget policy, the Bank of Italy has demonstrated the full autonomy with which Governor Panetta leads it
The opposition parties united for once choose not to participate in the vote and thus make it impossible for the majority to reach the quorum to elect Meloni's legal advisor as the new constitutional judge
Giorgetti had the courage to speak clearly on public accounts and on the need to ask for sacrifices but now he must take advantage of the Draghi Report and propose not spot interventions but radical reforms. Will he succeed?
Biden's green light to Ukraine on long-range weapons is a political and military novelty of no small importance and could influence the developments of this dirty war
The toll of Israel's new raid in Lebanon to hit Hezbollah is very heavy: 570 dead, including 50 children and two UN workers. Biden and Meloni appeal
The No to the use of Western weapons by Ukraine on Russian soil expressed in the European Parliament by Fratelli d'Italia, Forza Italia and Pd does nothing but further damage Italy's international reputation
In his debut as president of Confindustria, Emanuele Orsini launched a series of proposals and warned of the risks for the Italian and European economies if certain trends are not corrected. Meloni: "I agree with many of his proposals"
Solidarity with Ukraine cannot be made only of fine words but also of long-range weapons to hit Russian bases: the new English Prime Minister has also shown Meloni that he has the courage to take sides until…
Marina Berlusconi's meeting with Mario Draghi in Milan could not go unnoticed and in fact Giorgia Meloni has some reason to be worried about it
At the Cernobbio Forum, the meeting between Giorgia Meloni and Volodymyr Zelensky highlighted Italy's support for Ukraine and the Ukrainian president's urgent request for new military supplies. Zelensky asks for more weapons. Meloni, "commitment to the…
The Sangiuliano case is painful but Italy's silent slide towards the Orban line on Ukraine is much, much more serious. It's time for Meloni to make a change of direction
With the reduced GDP growth forecasts for 2024, the 2025 budget law looks set to be an uphill battle for the Government. Among the new features, there will be confirmations for the deductions for businesses and perhaps some changes in the fringe…
What role will Raffaele Fitto have exactly in the new European Commission? For now, no one knows. But wouldn't it have been better to define the roles first and then the names of the Commissioners? The bureaucratic method of the EU is absurd
Interview with Stefano Silvestri, a great expert in geopolitics and military affairs and former President of the IAI: "The government's inexperience and character problems can be remedied, ideology cannot." Regarding the Ukrainian offensive on Russian territory "I don't think that...
He disapproves of the Ukrainian "invasion" on Russian soil, dissociates himself from Europe and America and hypocritically places Kiev's counter-offensive on the same level as Putin's initial aggression: the Defense Minister could not have done worse. But now Prime Minister Meloni…
The Five Star leader does not want to know about expanding the centre-left alliances with Renzi but, by placing vetoes, he is pushing away the construction of an alternative to Meloni's centre-right government. She doesn't seem like a genius...
Complicated autumn for the Premier with the three regional elections in Umbria, Emilia-Romagna and Liguria. The Toti case could hand the Regions over to the Dems and Meloni fears a defeat. The election day hypothesis comes up
Interview with Luigi Zanda, former parliamentarian and president of the Democratic Party senators: "Giorgia Meloni has missed the great opportunity to transform the center-right into a conservative and liberal European-style political force. The No to von der Leyen is only…
Wide-ranging interview with Stefano Silvestri, a great expert in geopolitics and military affairs and former President of the Iai. "Prime Minister Meloni made a mistake by excluding herself from the European government and above all by excluding Italy from the concession of the Greats. Trump has not…
Meloni missed the opportunity to leave the sovereignist forest to become a modern Conservative leader but will she have calculated the true consequences of her moves on the future of Italy?
Meloni's dissociation establishes the irrelevance of the Prime Minister and of Italy on the European level, for which our country will pay dearly. Meloni preferred to chase Salvini, with disappointing results. Consequences also on domestic politics?
With 401 votes in favour, Ursula passes the European Parliament exam and remains at the helm of the EU for 5 years but Meloni dissociates himself and isolates Italy in Europe
The ambiguity with which Giorgia Meloni (premier of Italy or leader of the European right?) acted at the top of the EU ended up humiliating Italy. In Europe the shell game doesn't work: Giorgia, think about it
These days we are all wondering about the consequences of Le Pen's possible success in the French elections, but the economist Veronica De Romanis pushes us to reflect on the harmful effects of Italy's failure to approve the ESM
How did the workers vote in the European elections? And the middle class? And the self-employed? Here is the vote map which contains more than one surprise
After the electoral debacle at the European elections, it is inevitable that Renzi and Calenda will step aside and "Il Foglio" raises the possibility of a return to the field of the former Margherita leader, Francesco Rurelli, to lead the relaunch of the centre. But…
This summit chaired by Giorgia Meloni has a peculiarity: it is the first that coincides with an undisputed electoral success of the Italian prime minister. We start with a Meloni-Biden bilateral
The choice of the new EU leaders after the vote on 8 and 9 June dominates the European scene on which the double French novelty with Le Pen's exploit and Macron's surprising move which has...
In both Italy and France the right clearly wins. Domestically, Meloni almost reached 29% and FdI confirmed itself as the leading national party. The result of Schlein's Democratic Party was good. Collapse of the Five Star Movement and exploits of the Greens-Left…
Here are the elections for the European Parliament and the EU is at the crossroads: it is time to distinguish between empty promises and concrete policies. From the lesson of the Normandy landings, we learn that integration is crucial to avoid future conflicts. And the…
Vannacci, Borghi, Castiello: the Lega's electoral campaign is a festival of idiocies, one bigger than the other. But how do you vote for people like that?
The condominiums of the building in Rome where the socialist and anti-fascist martyr Giacomo Matteotti lived refuse a plaque which indicates the fascists as instigators of his assassination which even the very prudent Giorgia Meloni described as "fascist squads". Shame!
In language that is not strictly Oxfordian, Prime Minister Meloni responded to the previous insults of the Governor of Campania De Luca but the spectacle that both offered to the country is simply indecent and offensive for the institutions and citizens.…
The agreement between ITA and Lufthansa risks definitive failure after the EU Antitrust ban on the Italian company's entry into the international joint with Lufthansa, United Airlines and Air Canada. The amateurism of the Meloni Government which rejected the Draghi project a priori…
The French electoral campaign is dominated by the great European times, the Italian one is, on the contrary, entrenched on national themes. Thus Italy remains Italy and one should not be surprised if it condemns itself to count less and less in Europe
Sudden about-face by the prime minister on the income meter. The stop after protests from the allies of the League and Forza Italia. At the origin of Palazzo Chigi's move was the concern of losing votes in the European elections
Rai, Fs and Cdp: everything postponed until after the elections. Appointments will only be made in mid-June. This is what the prime minister wants in order to be able to decide on the choice of leaders alone
The Five Star leader's proposal to make ministers and parliamentarians ineligible for membership in the European Parliament is correct in substance but it comes when the horses have already escaped from the stable and for this reason it has the flavor of a hoax
Everything and the opposite of everything: this is what Prime Minister Meloni said and did on the new Stability Pact. Not a test of linearity that made Italy look bad
Meloni and Calenda are on the field like Schlein, Salvini and Tajani but none of them will ever go to the European Parliament: this is how the all-Italian scandal of flirtatious candidatures spreads
There is an Italy that sees its future in a renewed and stronger Europe and there is an Italy that does not really believe in Europe or, worse, that dreams of a Europe on its knees before Putin
Mario Draghi at the head of the EU (but not of the Commission) is the only card that Europe has today to regain authority in the world. And if Meloni launched her candidacy and forgot the disagreements of the past, she would acquire an international role...
The Democratic Party is threatening to no longer appear on Tg1 as a sign of protest against too many reports on the scandals in Bari and Turin. What an incredible gift to the right
The Meloni Government's haste to shelve the wedding project between ITA Airways with Delta and Air France to favor the Germans of Lufthansa and mark a turning point compared to the Draghi Government in air transport has so far not led...
Compared to the results achieved in the Abruzzo regional elections five years ago, Salvini and Conte's performance on Sunday was terrible. Has the decline begun for extreme populism?
The G7 under Meloni's presidency did not start in the best way and today in Washington the prime minister will ask the American President for a hand
Prodi never misses an opportunity to stimulate the left to broaden the field: only in this way can we attempt to build an alternative to the Meloni government
Gian Carlo Blangiardo, supported by the League, will not be able to participate in the tender for the renewal of the top management of Istat. In the meantime, AIFA is in the hands of the regent Francesco Fera, a friend of Meloni
The Sardinian elections do not have a national significance but they make us reflect: Meloni has lost his magic touch but the left will only be able to undermine her by allying itself with the center and adopting a realistic, reformist and anti-populist policy
Turnaround in Sardinia and defeat for Meloni. At the regional elections the left-wing candidate Elisabetta Todde won by a handful of votes, becoming the first female president of the island. The right-wing candidate, Paolo Truzzu, imposed by the prime minister, was defeated
Not even Navalny's assassination pushes Salvini to abandon his ambiguity and closeness with Putin's Russia. But can such a person remain deputy prime minister in a European and Atlanticist country?
For the former Ilva we are at a turning point: a move by Invitalia and a counter-move by ArcelorMittal but the slope is that which leads to the administration of the largest European steel factory, which has been in a pre-agonistic state for months due to the responsibility of the private partner but also...
Tug of war between Meloni and Salvini over the third mandate for governors and mayors with political consequences that go far beyond future regional elections and can reopen many games
