Meloni’s allies inside the EU are hoping she remains one as a high-stakes summit on Thursday looms. Europe’s leaders are wrestling with two crucial decisions to which the enigmatic Italian premier holds a casting vote: the financial viability of Ukraine and the future of EU trade policy.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Wednesday she was not ready to back a trade agreement between the European Union and the South American trade bloc Mercosur, dealing a blow to hopes of finalising the deal in the coming days.

Step aside, Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán. Sit down, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever. There’s a new chief villain at the EU’s end-of-year office party.

Move comes after Italian premier Giorgia Meloni pleads for more time from Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Giorgia Meloni cast US President Donald Trump’s new national security strategy as a wake-up call for Europe, while downplaying tensions within her government and reaffirming Italy’s support for Ukraine.

BRUSSELS (AP) — Italy signaled on Wednesday that it might not support a massive transatlantic free trade deal between the European Union and South American countries, casting further doubt on the agreement as European leaders gather for a summit in Brussels and farmers enraged by the trade pact descend on the capital.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Friday that her country is ready to take a leading role in efforts to stabilize and rebuild the Gaza Strip,

The Agnelli family group, which owns the outlets, is negotiating with a conservative Greek magnate who is close to Donald Trump, while Giorgia Meloni makes light of the deal and publicly attacks journ

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said her government is not ready to sign a massive trade agreement with the Mercosur bloc, publicly joining France’s opposition and casting doubt on the pact’s future.

Foreign shareholders of Italy's central bank should not be able to claim rights over the country's gold reserves, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's nationalist party said in an internal document, amid a mounting spat between the ruling coalition and the ECB over the matter.