The Latest Breaking News from Giorgia Meloni

EU vows emergency plan for Italy after surge in migrant arrivals

The European Union presented Sunday an emergency plan for Italy to help it handle migrant arrivals after a record number of people landed on its island of Lampedusa over the past week.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 17, 2023

EU and Italian leaders tour tiny Lampedusa as tensions rise over surge in migrant arrivals

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Sunday toured a migrant center on Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa that was overwhelmed with nearly 7,000 arrivals in a 24-hour period this week

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2023

Populists are bad for our economic health, yet they’re still a hard habit to break

They are annoyingly good at politics but terrible at economics – GDP and living standards plummet in countries led by them

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2023

Italian island struggles to cope as migrant surge doubles population

A migrant reception centre in Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa was overwhelmed Thursday as authorities worked to transfer to the mainland thousands of people who arrived on small, unseaworthy boats in a 24-hour span this week.

France 24 · Sep 15, 2023

‘Ghost parents’: Same-sex couples in Italy are losing their rights

Italy’s right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has demanded local councils only list biological parents on birth certificates, flinging hundreds of same-sex couples into a legal morass.

France 24 · Sep 14, 2023

Germany halts deal to take in migrants arriving from Italy as numbers surge

The German government said it has stopped taking in migrants from Italy under a European voluntary solidarity plan, in what could shape up to be a new standoff over asylum seekers in the bloc. This comes as the Italian island of Lampedusa receives a record number of new arrivals.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 14, 2023

MEPs refused entry to Tunisia two months after signing of migration deal

Trip by foreign affairs committee blocked with no reason given, raising questions about country’s partnership with EU

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2023

A flotilla of migrant boats from Tunisia overwhelms an Italian island and tests Meloni's policy

A flotilla of flimsy boats, crowded with migrants and launched from Tunisia is overwhelming a tiny Italian island south of Sicily

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2023

India-U.K. agree to continue to ‘work at pace’ towards a Free Trade Agreement

Mr. Modi invited Mr. Sunak for a bilateral visit at an early, mutually convenient date for a more detailed discussion, and Mr. Sunak accepted the invitation.

The Hindu · Sep 9, 2023

Italy's Meloni meets with China's Li as Italy's continued participation in 'Belt and Road' in doubt

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the G20 summit

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2023