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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      EU economy
      Brussels approves Italy’s changes to multibillion EU spending plan

      Agreement is a boost for Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing government

      Giorgia Meloni, prime minister of Italy
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Italy presses Israel to consider aftermath of Gaza offensive

      Foreign minister Antonio Tajani urges Israelis to talk to allies about who will rule strip after military operation ends

      Antonio Tajani
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      EU lawmakers put bloc’s green ambition to the test Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: How Forza Italia wants to recover its strength after Berlusconi’s death

      A view of the chamber of the European Parliament in Strasbourg
    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      EU countries warn of health risks caused by climate change Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Why tourists and residents are fighting over Rome’s sidewalks

      Street thermometer displays 42 degrees Celsius
    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      Why Brussels is seething at Italy, Germany and Austria’s migrant plans Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: three high-profile corruption cases in France

      Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni  and Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama shake hands at Chigi Palace in Rome
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      EU immigration
      Italy strikes deal to set up migrant centres in Albania

      Giorgia Meloni and Edi Rama sign agreement to outsource Italian asylum process

      Edi Rama and Girogia Meloni
    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      Meloni government seeks direct election of prime minister

      Rightwing coalition seeks to strengthen premier’s role and ensure future governments last longer

      Giorgia Meloni
    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
      Italian economy
      Top Italian finance official criticises government over bank windfall tax

      Federico Freni says communication on new levy was poor, while measures on bad loans are unnecessary

      Federico Freni
    • Monday, 23 October, 2023
      OutlookAmy Kazmin
      Giorgia Meloni’s eventful home life whips up a national family drama

      The rightwing premier’s sudden separation from her partner has won unexpected praise from feminist commentators

      Giorgia Meloni and Andrea Giambruno arrive at the Scala opera house in Milan in 2022
    • Friday, 20 October, 2023
      Giorgia Meloni splits from partner after his sexually inappropriate comments

      Critics say TV anchor Andrea Giambruno had become a political liability for the Italian premier

      Giorgia Meloni and Andrea Giambruno
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      Inside BusinessSilvia Sciorilli Borrelli
      Italian coalition members risk another clash with investors

      Members of the government want to make it easier for companies to repurchase impaired loans

      Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni
    • Monday, 16 October, 2023
      Italian economy
      Italy unveils €24bn in tax cuts and pay rises to spur faltering growth

      Premier Giorgia Meloni launches ‘serious’ budgetary measures amid market concern over country’s public finances

      Giorgia Meloni with Cabinet ministers
    • Sunday, 8 October, 2023
      InterviewItalian economy
      Italy’s central bank governor urges Meloni to heed investors’ debt fears

      Ignazio Visco says concerns persist about country’s long-term growth prospects

      Ignazio Visco
    • Monday, 2 October, 2023
      EU immigration
      Elon Musk wades into German-Italian migration spat

      Billionaire spars publicly with Germany’s foreign ministry on his social media platform

      Elon Musk
    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      Italian economy
      Italy raises budget deficit forecast amid mounting economic pressures

      Giorgia Meloni’s government aims to reach EU rule of 3% of gross domestic product in 2026

      Giorgia Meloni
    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      Italy
      Italy waters down bank windfall tax

      ECB had warned the move by Giorgia Meloni’s government risked making lenders more vulnerable to a downturn

      Giorgia Meloni
    • Saturday, 23 September, 2023
      ObituaryGiorgio Napolitano
      Giorgio Napolitano, Italian statesman, 1925-2023

      The first former communist to serve as head of state, he played an indispensable role in overcoming the 2011 eurozone crisis

    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Giorgio Napolitano, former president of Italy, dies aged 98

      Former communist battled fascism and ended career guiding country through worst days of debt crisis

      Giorgio Napolitano in 2015, the year he stepped down as president of Italy
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      News in-depth
      ‘Honeymoon is over’: Meloni’s budget to test rocky relations with investors

      Sharp economic slowdown increases concerns about rightwing government’s policy stance after bank tax disaster

      Montage of Giorgia Meloni and chart
    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
      EU immigration
      Meloni calls for EU help to deal with surge in migrant arrivals

      European Commission pledges more manpower for registrations on Italian island of Lampedusa

      Migrants arrive on a ship to the harbour of Italian island of Lampedusa
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      LexItalian economy
      Italian bonds: Meloni’s moves may yet scare investors Premium content

      There are good economic reasons for nerves and the PM has shown herself willing to rattle markets

      Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      LexItalian economy
      Italian sell-offs: state will keep fingers in many pies Premium content

      But we are firmly in the realm of tinkering while Rome burns

      Italian prime minister Georgia Meloni
    • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
      Belt and Road Initiative
      Meloni calls for ‘mutually beneficial’ China trade as Belt & Road decision looms

      Italy seeks to extricate itself from Beijing’s flagship foreign policy initiative without provoking its wrath

      Giorgia Meloni during a news conference on Sunday in New Delhi after attending the G20 summit
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Italy agrees ‘anti-inflation pact’ to counter soaring cost of staple goods

      Producers and retailers to hold prices for selected food products and household essentials for three months

      Customers in a supermarket in Rome, italy
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Italy risks wasting its cash windfall

      Rome and Brussels must work together to adapt spending plans

      European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen with then Italian prime minister Mario Draghi in 2021. Absorbing funds amounting to 10% of Italy’s GDP in five years was always going to be a tall order
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