There’s a problem of personality between Berlusconi and Salvini on one side and Giorgia Meloni on the other, because she’s a woman, and they can’t tolerate the coalition being headed by a young woman
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Meloni will try to play the troublemaker in Europe
The energy diplomacy carried out in recent months is a rare example of coherence and strategy in the pursuit of national interest
Arturo Varvelli and Lorena Stella Martini analyse the foreign policy strategy of the Draghi government towards the Southern Mediterranean, and in particular North Africa
There is great sorrow over the loss of Mario Draghi
Her political view is a purely nationalistic, which could represent a serious threat to the EU project
Italy today feels a bit like it did the 1970s
This opens to a period of uncertainty about Italian foreign policy and economy that represents a source of concern for European governments
Italy has difficulties in defining its national interest and has a fluctuating foreign policy. In this domain, Draghi made the difference.
56% of Italians consider Russia to be mainly responsible for the outbreak of war in Ukraine, while 27% point instead to the role of Ukraine, the EU or the USA
Italy’s findings from Mark Leonard and Ivan Krastev’s report on European public opinion towards the war in Ukraine, which identified Italy as the less critical country towards Russia among those interviewed
Draghi’s words to Biden on Libya sound like a pre-emptive call for more political support for Italy in Mediterranean and energy issues