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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Far-right Italian PM says she is ‘in tune on many issues’ with Keir Starmer

Giorgia Meloni and Keir Starmer have an animated conversation outside Villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome
Giorgia Meloni and Keir Starmer in Rome in September 2024. Meloni said she and Starmer were in tune on the ‘fight against mass illegal immigration’. Photograph: Fotia/AGF/Rex/Shutterstock

Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has said she is “in tune on many issues” with her British counterpart, Keir Starmer, especially “the fight against mass illegal immigration” and the need to explore “innovative solutions” when it comes to processing asylum claims, touting Italy’s controversial agreement with Albania.

Meloni told the weekly magazine of the Corriere della Sera newspaper that her relations with Starmer, who is from the opposite end of the political spectrum to her far-right Brothers of Italy party, were “very good”.

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