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.

Polish Defence Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz said it “will take another decade” to reach Trump’s proposed goal, but that the president-elect “should not be criticised for setting a really ambitious target because otherwise there will be some countries that will continue to debate whether more spending is really needed.

Detections of irregular migrants entering the European Union fell in 2024 to the lowest level recorded since 2021 due to a crackdown on traffickers, the bloc's border agency said on Tuesday. Irregular entries detected via the Central Mediterranean fell by 59 percent from the 2023 level due to "fewer departures from Tunisia and Libya",

Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, frontrunner in polls to become the next chancellor, on Tuesday urged a united European stance in talks with US President Donald Trump. Merz also said Germany needed to get Poland "at the table as fast as possible" and praised Meloni of the post-fascist Brothers of Italy party,

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

Polish prosecutors have filed a request to strip former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki of his parliamentary immunity as part of an investigation into alleged irregularities during preparations for the 2020 presidential election.

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C onflicting SIGNALS are reaching the new American administration from Rome. And some carry a whiff of incense. While Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, was preparing to fly to Washington to schmooze President Donald Trump and his chums, a leader on the other side of the Tiber was communicating stark disapproval of their plans.

Giorgia Meloni is under intense pressure to explain why Italy released an alleged Libyan general who is wanted for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is invited to visit Viktor Orbán’s Hungary despite an outstanding International Criminal Court warrant for his arrest, the EU nation’s foreign minister said.

This is an audio transcript of the Rachman Review podcast episode: ‘Finland’s president on Europe in a Trumpian world’