Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will attend U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington on Monday, her office confirmed on Saturday. Meloni will be one of the highest-profile European politicians to attend the event.

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Lago, an invitation to Monday's inauguration and good relations with Elon Musk, Italy's Giorgia Meloni has positioned herself as the closest mainstream European leader to Donald Trump.

Among EU leaders, however, only Meloni is confirmed to have received a personal invitation to the event, bolstered by her personal relationship with Trump, whom she recently visited at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is aiming for a central leadership role in Europe as President-elect Donald Trump prepares his return to the White House on January Meloni announced on Thursday in Rome that she plans to attend Trump's inauguration.

The importance of boosting the European Union's international role was stressed in a meeting between Premier Giorgia Meloni and the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas,

After forging unexpectedly fond ties with President Biden, Italy's right-wing Premier Giorgia Meloni is poised to leverage a more natural alliance with incoming President Trump that positions her as a key interlocutor between the U.

ROME - While the number of migrants using the Central Mediterranean route has dropped, mainly due less departures from North Africa, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni quickly claimed the credit for herself.

President-elect boasts international group of Right-wing proxies with equally provocative styles and a hostility toward migrants and wokery

The Italian prime minister’s apparent closeness with the US president-elect could help avert a looming trade war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome and discussed critical issues, including Ukraine's defence needs and progress toward European Union membership.

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