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Analysis-Italy's Meloni and the technocrats - a difficult power balance

Having spent much of her career railing against bureaucrats and financial elites, Italy's new right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni now has to get them on side - and it is not proving easy.

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Italy's draft budget centres on energy aid, growth

Rome (AFP) - Italy's new far-right government unveiled its first budget on Tuesday, with most of the nearly 35 billion euros in spending for 2023 going on the energy crisis rather than flashy electoral promises.

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Italy's draft budget centres on energy aid

Rome (AFP) - Italy's new far-right government unveiled its 2023 draft budget on Tuesday, with most of the nearly 35 billion euros in spending going on the energy crisis rather than flashy electoral promises.

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Analysis-Italy's Meloni needs urgent fix for ballooning pensions bill

Italy's new prime minister Giorgia Meloni needs urgently to rein in a bloated pension system which absorbs most social spending and looks increasingly unsustainable in the face of surging inflation.

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Italy to inject another 400 mn euros into airline

Milan (AFP) - The Italian government on Tuesday approved injecting another 400 million euros ($400 million) into state-owned ITA Airways as efforts to sell off the airline stall.

AFP

Italy's far-right PM Meloni meets EU chiefs

Brussels (AFP) - Italy's far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni started a series of meetings with EU chiefs in Brussels on Thursday, with her commitment to European unity in the spotlight.

AFP

Italy's far-right leader woos EU chiefs on first trip to Brussels

Newly elected Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with European Union leaders in Brussels on Friday in a visit intended to reassure Italy’s partners following last month’s far-right election victory.

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Italy's far-right PM Meloni to meet EU chiefs

Rome (AFP) - Italy's far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni meets EU chiefs in Brussels on Thursday for the first time since her election, with the energy crisis expected to dominate the agenda.

AFP

Italy delays EU-required justice reform, scraps vaccine mandate for medics

Italy's new government on Monday delayed the application of a justice reform required to obtain European post-pandemic funds and scrapped a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health workers.

Reuters

Italy surprise GDP jump comes as new PM Meloni prepares budget

Milan (AFP) - Italy posted better-than-expected quarterly growth on Monday, a surprise bump for new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni that staves off -- for now -- an expected recession in Europe's third-largest economy.

AFP

Italy’s Meloni to mark shift from Draghi on COVID, justice

Italy’s new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is set to break from the policies of her predecessor, Mario Draghi, as soon as Monday, when her government meets to reverse course on the management of the pandemic and on justice.

Tribune News Service

New Italian government seeks to raise cash ceiling

Rome (AFP) - Cash is king in Italy, and the debate over limiting payments in notes and coins is heating up again under the country's new right-wing government.

AFP

Italy commissioner approves contested gas terminal

Rome (AFP) - A state-appointed commissioner gave the green light Tuesday to a contested new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal considered crucial to Italy's plan to wean itself off Russian gas.

AFP

New PM Meloni confirms Italy's place in Europe, NATO

Rome (AFP) - New Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni set out her programme for government on Tuesday, reaffirming her support for the EU and Ukraine and promising to boost economic growth while rejecting Fascism.

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New PM Meloni says Italy committed to Europe

Rome (AFP) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni confirmed her government's support for the European Union, NATO and Ukraine on Tuesday in her first address to parliament, one month after her far-right party won a historic election victory.

AFP

Italy's new PM Meloni sets out programme to parliament

Rome (AFP) - Giorgia Meloni will address Italy's parliament for the first time as prime minister on Tuesday, setting out her plan for government one month after her far-right party's historic election victory.

Radio France Internationale

Italy's prime minister meets Emmanuel Macron on her first day in office

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took her first steps on the international stage on Sunday, meeting French President Emmanuel Macron just hours after she formally took office.

AFP

New Italy PM meets Macron on first day of office

Rome (AFP) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took her first steps on the international stage Sunday, meeting French President Emmanuel Macron just hours after formally taking office.

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Macron meets with far-right Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni

French President Emmanuel Macron promised Sunday to work with Giorgia Meloni with "dialogue and ambition", after his first meeting with Italy's new prime minister in Rome.

AFP

New Italy PM Meloni to meet Macron in Rome

Rome (AFP) - Italy's new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will take her first steps on the international stage in a meeting later on Sunday with French President Emmanuel Macron, hours after she formally took office.

The Guardian - UK

Pope prays for ‘unity and peace in Italy’ as Giorgia Meloni takes power

Country’s first female prime minister leads the most rightwing government since the second world war

AFP

Meloni takes over as Italian PM, urges fractious allies to unite

Rome (AFP) - Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni took office Sunday as Italy's first woman prime minister, calling on the fractious members of her coalition government to unite as they face looming crises on several fronts.

AFP

Far-right Meloni takes over as Italy's first woman PM

Rome (AFP) - Giorgia Meloni officially took over Sunday as Italy's first woman prime minister at the helm of the country's most right-wing government since World War II.

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Far-right Meloni to take over as Italy's first woman PM

Rome (AFP) - Giorgia Meloni formally takes over as Italy's first woman prime minister on Sunday, a day after being sworn in as the leader of the country's most right-wing government since World War II.

The National (Scotland)

David Pratt: Far-right gain power in Italy and Trump's shadow hangs over US midterms

IT’S a long political journey from being a teenage activist in 1992 to being sworn in as Italy’s first female prime minister yesterday. But…

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