Golf and aligned views help Europe settle on its team of ‘Trump whisperers’
Continent’s leaders need to lean on personal rapport with US president to avoid end of war on Vladimir Putin’s terms
Giorgia Meloni
Why securing postwar Ukraine, even with Trump’s pledge to help, is complex
It’s one thing to promise Ukraine security, but it’s quite another to deliver
European leaders to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine with Donald Trump
Five European leaders, plus heads of Nato and EU to join Volodymyr Zelenskiy in talks with Trump amid fears he may face same pressure as February Oval Office meeting
Western liberalism at a political crossroads
Lack of conviction and intolerance are character defects that augur badly for centrist and centre-left parties
How the EU’s ‘lopsided’ US trade deal was done
Deal brings certainty to European firms, but at a cost
Israeli strike on Gaza Catholic church kills two and injures priest who spoke daily with pope
Fr Gabriel Romanelli used to receive daily calls from the late Pope Francis
EU to push for deal ahead of Trump deadline on tariffs, says Von der Leyen
Macron expresses ‘very strong disapproval’, Meloni warns against ‘polarisations that would make reaching an agreement more complex’
Arnaldo Pomodoro: Trinity College sphere sculptor dies in Milan aged 98
Pomodoro, a self-taught artist, ‘sculpted Italy’s soul’ according to Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni
Italy to vote in two-day referendum on citizenship and labour reforms
Key coalition figures urge abstention from referendum to thwart quorum
Kneecap and Boris Johnson have a lot in common
Kneecap have every right to make political interventions but they have to recognise they are not mere performance. The fun of “putting it out there” stops when what is out there is violence
What is the reactionary international movement, Europe’s new political force?
Though far-right parties have been on the rise for decades, Donald Trump’s election has empowered them. They are experiencing ‘a great emboldening’
There is no way that big tech can avoid being pulled into the transatlantic trade war
Despite Ireland’s best efforts, the digital tech companies will be pulled into the conflict - this will threaten jobs and could have implications for the way we all use the internet
Trump says ‘we’re going to have very little problem’ making trade deal with Europe as he meets Meloni
US president praises Italian prime minister and accepts invitation that could present opportunity for him to meet other European Union leaders
Donald Trump puts Giorgia Meloni in an awkward spot
Italian prime minister under pressure playing both sides of fractured transatlantic relationship
Efforts to rearm Europe stumble as Trump ‘kicks over the chessboard’ of the Ukraine war
EU must take replace rhetoric with deeds and increase military power to ensure Putin takes heed, European commissioner for defence warns
Europe must avoid not just tariff row but ‘verbal escalation’ with US, Italian minister tells Dublin conference
Valentino Valentini says Italy and Ireland should forge greater trading ties to counter the impact of tariffs
Janan Ganesh: Europe is only half-awake from its long sleep
Talk of Donald Trump bringing the continent together is absurdly premature
How do you become a Trump whisperer? Ask Starmer, Macron and Meloni
Keir Starmer, Giorgia Meloni and Emmanuel Macron are trying to keep the mercurial US president onside over Europe’s security
Trump is shattering the European diplomatic and political landscape
Worldview: Europe can respond by developing links with China, Africa and the middle powers now asserting their role
Pope Francis shows ‘slight improvement’ as cardinals express hope for recovery
Pontiff (88) spends seventh night in hospital undergoing treatment for double pneumonia
Starmer and Tusk to join Macron-led crisis summit in Paris for talks on Trump’s Ukraine plan
UK and Polish prime ministers among leaders invited to French capital on Monday for talks amid fears US leader is sidelining allies
By flirting with the far right, Europe’s centre-right parties play a dangerous game
Worldview: History suggests that such pacts with the devil end badly
How Brexit killed Frexit
The UK’s messy, ill-thought out exit from the EU has effectively killed off leave campaigns in other member states
European political centre may regret borrowing from far-right’s migration playbook
By trying to cut off support for the far right, the European centre is normalising their extreme policies
Trump’s second coming has echoes of a century ago and Yeats’s warning ‘the centre cannot hold’
Liberal democratic leaders out or embattled in office; the right on the rise ... Trump’s second coming has echoes of a century ago and Yeats’s warning that ‘the centre cannot hold’
Italy’s Meloni sees Trump defending western interests, engaging with Ukraine
Italian prime minister seeks to allay concerns that Trump might break with Washington’s traditional European allies as he pursues a Maga agenda
Giorgia Meloni meets Trump at Mar-a-Lago resort as Italian PM seeks to strengthen ties
Meloni is seen as a potentially strong partner for Trump given her conservative credentials
Giorgia Meloni masquerades as the ‘acceptable’ face of the far right, but nobody should be fooled
Worldview: Meloni is not bringing Italian post-fascism back to the centre ground and moderating it, but is polishing up a dangerous anti-democratic throwback
Look out ladies. Elon Musk has plans for your womb
The pronatalist movement has roots in creepy tradwife visions, but does that matter if it leads to financial supports for families?
Italy denies report on decree to counter UniCredit’s takeover bid for BPM
UniCredit announced an unsolicited €10bn takeover offer on Monday
The Irish Times view on Italy’s refugee policy: a setback for Meloni
A judge ruled that seven men brought to Albania by an Italian warship on Friday cannot be detained in Albania
‘He’s very angry with Europe’: Trump win puts EU on ‘bumpy road’, says former trade commissioner
Warning comes as European leaders congratulate Donald Trump on US election victory
Fabric of Europe’s political centre is stretched by immigration issue
Extreme right’s gains are forcing EU states to consider a hardened policy
Giorgia Meloni’s ‘thin-skinned’ government causes concern for press freedom in Italy
The right-wing prime minister’s administration is under fire for using legal action to ‘intimidate’ journalists
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