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GIORGIA MELONI

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attends a European Union leaders summit in Brussels on March 22.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 29, 2024
Meloni-Le Pen rift mars far right's prospects of wielding EU power
Divisions within Europe's nationalist right that may stymie efforts to wield power at an EU level despite record support.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speak after a Japan-Italy bilateral meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 6, 2024
Japan and Italy PMs agree to join hands for success of G7 summit
Kishida and Meloni also reconfirmed their cooperation in supporting Ukraine, which has been under Russian invasion for the past two years.
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the Italy-Africa summit in Rome on Monday
WORLD / Politics
Jan 30, 2024
Overwhelmed by debt, Italy sells stake in Post Office 'crown jewel'
The government has a long way to go to reduce its debt, which currently amounts to 140.2% of GDP.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
WORLD / Politics
Dec 7, 2023
Italy withdraws from China's Belt and Road initiative
The long-expected decision was quietly communicated to Beijing three days ago without any official announcement.
Italy Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
WORLD / Politics
Nov 9, 2023
Giorgia Meloni defied doubters to survive a year in Italy. Now it gets harder.
The far-right label applied to Meloni for most of her career may be too simplistic for a politician who demonstrates flexibility and pragmatism.
Enza Guzzo holds the letter of dismissal in Arese, Italy, on Oct. 11. Guzzo's former employer fired her in 2011 after she had a second daughter. She later won a lawsuit against them.
WORLD / Society
Oct 16, 2023
Job or baby? Italian women's struggle to have both holds back growth.
Over half of Italian women said they found it impossible to combine work and childcare.
Migrants arrive in the harbor of the Italian island of Lampedusa. On Monday, Italy extended its detention periods for illegal migrants to deter arrivals after record boat crossings from North Africa.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 20, 2023
Italy changes tack on EU naval mission, repurposed as blockade
Critics say pushing back boats would violate international asylum rules and the European Convention on Human Rights.
Giorgia Meloni, Italy's prime minister, speaks during a joint news conference following her meeting with Olaf Scholz, Germany's chancellor, at the Chigi Palace in Rome on June 8.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2023
Meloni’s Italian populism puts investors and China on notice
The prime minister is doubling down on a state-led approach to managing prosperity, unsettling markets and testing relations with China.
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Dec. 29. Meloni is expected to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden this week.
WORLD
Jul 27, 2023
Meloni to tell Biden privately Italy plans break with China
The Italian prime minister is not planning to go public on her decision to break with China during her short trip to Washington.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jun 13, 2023
What's next for Italy's coalition after Berlusconi's death?
Analysts believe members of Berlusconi's Forza Italia will increasingly be tempted to shift allegiance to other parties without the media tycoon keeping them afloat.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 22, 2023
Italy may pull out of China's Belt and Road initiative as U.S. backs stronger break
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is getting dragged into the escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing as she tries to disentangle Italy from its close relationship with China.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 11, 2023
Japan and Italy to launch talks to boost security ties
Japan, Italy and other G7 countries have slapped economic sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2022
Women, life, freedom and the left
The politics of sex and gender can either challenge or reinforce existing power structures. For Western liberals, understanding these dynamics will be crucial to beating back the new right.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2022
Italy’s Meloni sworn in as first female prime minister
Her tasks include steering the euro area's third-biggest economy and its mammoth debt through an energy crisis compounded by rising interest rates and slowing economic growth.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 26, 2022
Giorgia Meloni's far-right triumphs in Italy vote
Meloni's Brothers of Italy party, which has neofascist roots, has never held office but looks set to form Italy's most far-right government since the fall of Mussolini.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 25, 2022
Far-right eyes historic victory as Italy votes
Led by one-time Mussolini supporter Giorgia Meloni, the Brothers of Italy party is leading polls.

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