Giorgia Meloni’s presence at Donald Trump’s inauguration aimed to reinforce her status as a privileged interlocutor with the new US administration. But this position carries risks for Italy and the EU.

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".

"Giorgia Meloni has better relations with Trump than any other (major ... Trump has boasted of his "great relationship" with France's Emmanuel Macron, but the two men share very different politics. Meanwhile, Hungary's Orban has Trump's ear but is himself ...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, whose rise to power in Rome two years ago sparked panic among the European political establishment, may now be the continent’s best hope to have one of its own in the good graces of the Trump White House.

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.

The Italian leader has the potential to serve as a key European ally in the quest for peace in Europe and the Middle East.

Donald Trump has broken with tradition and invited foreign politicians to his swearing-in, including conservative and far-right figures such as Italy's Giorgia Meloni, Argentina's Javier Milei and French MEP Marion Maréchal.

Giorgia Meloni has used cold, hard cash to cut the number of illegal immigrants and refugees from North Africa by more than half

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said her government is in talks with several private companies including Elon Musk's SpaceX over the country's telecoms security system. What consequences would a deal have if it went ahead?

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will attend U.S. President-elect Donald Trump ... Prominent representatives of Europe’s populist far right, from Britain’s Nigel Farage to France’s Eric Zemmour, also scored an invite. Meloni also has a good ...

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