Barbara Floridia accuses the ruling majority of holding public broadcasting “hostage” as she and every opposition member on the Rai oversight commission resigned within hours of one another. Centre-right members resign hours later, blaming the Left.
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The prime minister insisted the proposed overhaul of Italy’s voting system serves the national interest rather than the centre-right’s electoral prospects. The Electoral Reform bill continues its slow progress through parliament.
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Opposition MPs accused Futuro Nazionale of using language reminiscent of fascist-era legislation during a Lower House debate on housing policy. The new far-right party presses its “Italians first” agenda.
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The Italian premier called Trump’s remarks “completely fabricated” after he told Italian television she had begged him for a photograph at the Evian summit. Foreign Minister Tajani has cancelled a planned trip to Washington, and rare cross-party solidarity has united Italy’s fractious political class. “Italy and I do not beg,” was Meloni’s parting riposte.
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The European Parliament has approved a sweeping new return regulation giving member states greater powers to deport irregular migrants and establish return hubs outside the bloc. It is a framework Giorgia Meloni says vindicates Italy’s controversial Albania model.
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Italian premier reaffirms commitment to Western unity at G7 in first meeting with US president since falling-out over Iran war and Pope Leo XIV dispute.
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Centre-left alliance leaders Schlein, Conte, Fratoianni, and Bonelli announce two citizen forums in July. The coalition also works to agree a joint programme and a joint leader.
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Far-right ex-general and MEP Roberto Vannacci has officially founded his new political party, Futuro Nazionale, at a packed Rome ceremony. He positioned the party as a sovereigntist force independent of the centre-right coalition.
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The Advocate General of the EU Court of Justice has ruled that offshore migrant processing centres are compatible with EU law in principle. However, they added that the Italy-Albania facilities as currently structured may not fully meet the bloc’s asylum guarantees.
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Giorgia Meloni used a Lower House session on Thursday to range across NATO spending targets, European unity on Ukraine and sanctions on Israel. She also made a pointed defence of her own record.
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