Macron expresses ‘very strong disapproval’, Meloni warns against ‘polarisations that would make reaching an agreement more complex’

Pomodoro, a self-taught artist, ‘sculpted Italy’s soul’ according to Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni

Key coalition figures urge abstention from referendum to thwart quorum

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

Though far-right parties have been on the rise for decades, Donald Trump’s election has empowered them. They are experiencing ‘a great emboldening’

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

US president praises Italian prime minister and accepts invitation that could present opportunity for him to meet other European Union leaders

Italian prime minister under pressure playing both sides of fractured transatlantic relationship

EU must take replace rhetoric with deeds and increase military power to ensure Putin takes heed, European commissioner for defence warns

Valentino Valentini says Italy and Ireland should forge greater trading ties to counter the impact of tariffs

Talk of Donald Trump bringing the continent together is absurdly premature

Keir Starmer, Giorgia Meloni and Emmanuel Macron are trying to keep the mercurial US president onside over Europe’s security

Worldview: Europe can respond by developing links with China, Africa and the middle powers now asserting their role

Pontiff (88) spends seventh night in hospital undergoing treatment for double pneumonia

UK and Polish prime ministers among leaders invited to French capital on Monday for talks amid fears US leader is sidelining allies

Worldview: History suggests that such pacts with the devil end badly

The UK’s messy, ill-thought out exit from the EU has effectively killed off leave campaigns in other member states

By trying to cut off support for the far right, the European centre is normalising their extreme policies

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’

Italian prime minister seeks to allay concerns that Trump might break with Washington’s traditional European allies as he pursues a Maga agenda