Italy’s Meloni will test her mettle as EU-US bridge when she meets Trump in Washington

Italy’s Meloni will test her mettle as EU-U.S. bridge when she meets with Trump

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni will test her mettle as a bridge between the EU and the United States when she meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House on Thursday, the first European leader to have a face-to-face with Trump since he announced, and then suspended, 20% tariffs on European exports.Meloni secured the meeting at a critical juncture in the trade war as Italy’s leader, but she also has, in a sense, been “knighted” to r…

Meloni positions himself as Trump allies in Europe – and wants to mediate the trade dispute between the US and the EU.

Trump finds kindred European spirit in Meloni

It took Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni exactly two sentences in the Oval Office on Thursday to signal to her host she was a kindred spirit.

Analysis: Trump puts Italy’s Meloni in high-pressure role as bridge to EU on tariffs

WASHINGTON — “America first” met “Italy and Italians first” on Thursday at the White House, with tariffs atop the agenda as President Donald Trump huddled with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni — suddenly a key European leader who could help…

This Thursday in Washington has been the most important day of Giorgia Meloni’s political career. Synthesizing its three essences - the Italian, the European and the...

The Italian Prime Minister managed to become the “facilitator” of a dialogue between Washington and the EU, although differences were noted in relation to the war in Ukraine