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From early cash to relaxing duties, the Commission makes tailor-made overtures for France and Italy as Mercosur trade deal enters final stretch. Rome signals it is open to signing it, Paris remains cautious in heated domestic debate with more protests planned this week from farmers.

The leaders issued a statement reaffirming that the strategic, mineral-rich Arctic island ’belongs to its people’

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One pasta maker saw its proposed tariff rate fall from over 100 percent to just 2 percent

Italy’s Parliament has approved the government’s 2026 budget, which includes deficit-cutting measures

The PM has been lauded for Italy’s growing role on the world stage. But poverty and precarity are forcing vast numbers to emigrate, says Florence-based writer Jamie Mackay

Feted birth of bambina Lara in Pagliara dei Marsi highlights sticky national debate over country’s ‘demographic winter’

PM Giorgia Meloni warned in a Christmas address that debt, weak growth and global tensions could make 2026 even harsher for Italy after a punishing 2025.

The European Commission announced it will delay the signing of the Mercosur trade agreement until the new year after Meloni asked for more time. No date has been set. Backers hope deal won't be further derailed.

Farmers in tractors have blocked roads, thrown potatoes and eggs, and set off fireworks in Brussels outside a European Union leaders’ summit

Proponents argue the agreement would provide an alternative to Beijing's export controls and Washington's tariff policies. Critics warn it would weaken environmental regulations and damage the EU's agricultural sector.