Giorgia Meloni and path ahead for Italy

Is Meloni Europe's new 'Trump whisperer'?
He hails a fantastic woman sweeping all before her in Europe. She praises a strong and shrewd defender of the West. U.S. President Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni are fast forging a new transatlantic "special relationship.
‘Fantastic woman’: Can the Trump whisperer save Europe?
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni has emerged as the US president’s favourite EU interlocutor, with hopes growing she could talk him out of a trade war.
Between Trumpism and the EU: Giorgia Meloni and the path ahead for Italy
Giorgia Meloni’s presence at Donald Trump’s inauguration aimed to reinforce her status as a privileged interlocutor of the new US administration. But this position carries risks for Italy and the EU.
Trump whisperer? Italy's Meloni navigates a high-stakes relationship
He hails a fantastic woman sweeping all before her in Europe. She praises a strong and shrewd defender of the West. Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni are fast forging a new transatlantic "special relationship".
Italy's Giorgia Meloni gains favour with Donald Trump
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is one of just a handful of world leaders to have been invited to Mar-a-Lago since his election victory last November — but whether she can be Europe's "Trump whisperer" is more complicated.
Italy’s Meloni to leverage strong ties with Trump — but as president whisperer or Trojan horse?
After forging unexpectedly fond ties with U.S. President Joe Biden, Italy’s right-wing Premier Giorgia Meloni is poised to leverage a more natural alliance with President-elect Donald Trump that positions her as a key interlocutor between the U.
Why Italy’s Meloni sees herself as Europe’s Trump whisperer
And while many extreme-right politicians in Europe have wavered in their support for Ukraine in its war against Russia, Meloni has offered fulsome backing for Kyiv – even convincing her fellow rightwinger, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, to agree to a €50bn aid package to the war-torn country.
Meloni: Italy will work to strengthen dialogue between EU and US
Italy will work to strengthen dialogue between the European Union and the United States, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on congratulating President Donald Trump on his return to the White House. "Italy will always work to strengthen the dialogue between the US and Europe,
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Meloni’s visit to Washington and the Trump meeting that didn’t happen
Critics noted the meeting's absence, but ECR Secretary-General Antonio Giordano, who was in Washington with Meloni, played ...
Inauguration Draws Leaders From Europe’s Right
Many of the European politicians expected to be in Washington on Monday share President-elect Donald J. Trump’s anti-immigrant stance.
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Giorgia Meloni of Italy Emerges as a Persona Grata at the Inaugural at Washington
The Italian leader has the potential to serve as a key European ally in the quest for peace in Europe and the Middle East.
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Germany’s Merz vows to lead Europe on joint Trump strategy
Germany's election frontrunner says Europeans are waiting for Germany to take the lead on dealing with the new American ...