The Latest Breaking News from Giorgia Meloni

EU graft scandal a "socialist job" not an Italian one, PM says

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday blamed media outlets for calling the graft scandal at the European Parliament an "Italian job," and said it should rather be called a "Socialist job," as members of that party are involved.

Reuters · Dec 29, 2022

Italy's parliament gives final approval to government's 2023 budget

The Italian government on Thursday comfortably won a vote of confidence in the Senate over its expansionary 2023 budget, obtaining parliament's final approval of the package a few days before the end-year deadline.

Reuters · Dec 29, 2022

Italy's rightist government tightens rules for migrant rescues

Italy's rightist government has approved measures to fine charities who rescue migrants at sea and impound their ships if they break a new, tougher set of rules - a move that one campaign group said could threaten lives.

Reuters · Dec 29, 2022

Iraq Tells Visiting Italy PM It Seeks Closer Economic Ties

Iraq's prime minister appealed to visiting Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni on Friday for closer economic ties with his oil-rich country suffering from power cuts and decaying infrastructure. Meloni, who leads the eurozone's third-largest economy, is on her first bilateral trip outside Europe.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 23, 2022

Is there trouble in store between Rome and Brussels?

The election in September of the far-right Giorgia Meloni as Italian premier has sent shockwaves around Europe, not least in Brussels. Meloni has raised fears that she'll roll back reforms put in place by her predecessor, encourage a harsher climate when it comes to dealing with asylum seekers and even…

France 24 · Dec 23, 2022

Economic ties head the agenda as Italy’s Meloni visits Iraq

Meloni, who is in Baghdad on her first bilateral trip outside Europe, hailed Italy’s support for Iraq.

Al Jazeera · Dec 23, 2022

PM Meloni urges Italians to turn off lights in solidarity with Ukraine

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday called on Italians to switch off gas and electricity for an hour a day in solidarity with Ukraine, which has been under Russian attack for 10 months.

Reuters · Dec 22, 2022

The code behind the far-right's success

Forget the deplorables and focus instead on the persuadables

Salon · Dec 20, 2022

Italy's Meloni honours Jewish journalists from fascist era

Italy's hard-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday pledged to fight "every kind of discrimination and anti-Semitism" as she unveiled a plaque for 35 Jewish journalists persecuted under fascist-era racial laws.

Reuters · Dec 13, 2022

Italy: why Meloni won

Italy’s new prime minister Giorgia Meloni assured the EU there was no cause for alarm as her far-right government came to power. Her first actions on migrants and civil liberties tell a different story.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 13, 2022