Keeping Trump onside with Europe and Ukraine

Ukraine, Trump... Ants: Questions for Italy's Meloni take surprise turn
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was briefly wrongfooted by a surprise question about ants on Thursday when she faced a grilling by Italian and foreign reporters lasting more than two hours. After covering major domestic and international issues,
Meloni's challenge: Keeping Trump onside with Europe and Ukraine
European leaders hope that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will persuade U.S. President Donald Trump not to impose tariffs on the EU and to continue supporting Ukraine, writes the "Financial Times" on Thursday.
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Giorgia Meloni, Donald Trump's new European friend
NEWS ANALYSIS. The blatant ideological convergence between the far-right Italian prime minister and the Donald Trump and Elon Musk duo could make the Italian leader the European bridgehead of a reactionary and nationalist international.
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 with the new US administration. But this position carries risks for Italy and the EU.
‘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.
Meloni's diplomatic challenge: Balancing EU interests with Trump
European leaders are hopeful that the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, will persuade U.S. President Donald Trump not to impose tariffs on the EU and to continue supporting Ukraine, reports the "Financial Times" on Thursday.
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.
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Conservative Meloni looks to boost Italy’s clout in Trump’s Washington
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Italy’s Giorgia Meloni: Trump’s Greenland remarks ‘a message to some other big global players’
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Italy's Meloni takes center stage in EU-US relations tug-of-war
European leaders hope that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni can persuade U.S. President Donald Trump not to impose ...
Cecilia Sala Returns to the Frontlines
Back to work’. After being released from arrest in Iran, journalist Cecilia Sala returns to the field. She chooses Kiev to continue her reporting. The war in Ukraine is still, unfortunately, ...