The European Union will begin applying duties to a list of US goods from 15 April, Italy’s foreign minister confirmed Monday. Antonio Tajani, who also serves as deputy prime minister, said the list would be finalised between Monday evening and Tuesday.
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President Sergio Mattarella has called Donald Trump’s global tariffs a “profound error” and urged Europe to respond in a “compact, calm, determined” manner. He made these remarks during a meeting with Estonian President Alar Karis at the Quirinale presidential palace in Rome on Wednesday.
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Italy has introduced stricter citizenship laws, tightening the requirements for those claiming an Italian passport by descent. The decree, effective from midnight on Friday, aims to curb what the government calls “abuse” of the system.
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Italy’s Deputy PMs disagree over the place of the EU. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Sunday that Europe must strengthen rather than break apart in today’s global climate. In contrast, fellow Deputy PM Matteo Salvini wants to challenge VdL’s defence plan.
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Premier Giorgia Meloni said on Saturday that people misinterpreted her FT interview. In the interview with the Financial Times, she called it “childish” to suggest Italy must choose between supporting the European Union or former US President Donald Trump.
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The Paris summit on Ukraine discussed a possible ceasefire and the role of the United Nations, according to Premier Giorgia Meloni’s office at Palazzo Chigi. The summit, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, brought together the coalition of the willing.
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Premier Giorgia Meloni called it “childish” and “superficial” to suggest Italy must choose between the European Union and the United States under President Donald Trump. She made the statement in an interview with the Financial Times on Friday.
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A Milan preliminary hearings judge (GUP), Tiziana Gueli, has postponed a preliminary hearing in the Tourism Minister Daniela Santanchè fraud case to May 20. The minister faces aggravated fraud charges related to INPS social security funds used for layoffs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Lower House on Wednesday rejected a Nordio no-confidence motion. The centre-left opposition had filed the motion over the Justice Minister’s handling of the arrest, release, and return to Libya of General Osama Almasri, the Libyan judicial police chief wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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Negotiations between the government and Elon Musk’s SpaceX over the Starlink satellite system have been suspended, said Defence Minister Guido Crosetto.
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