22 hours ago · Giorgia Meloni was the only EU leader to be invited to Trump’s Jan. 20 presidential inauguration. | Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images. ... German conservative leader Friedrich Merz. Friedrich Merz’s connection with Trump is all about power and position. Put simply, Merz is on course to become leader of Europe’s top economy, which would ...

4 days ago · Friedrich Merz, Kanzlerkandidat der CDU, hat sich in Davos für eine stärkere Zusammenarbeit mit der italienischen Ministerpräsidentin Giorgia Meloni ausgesprochen.In einem Gespräch mit WEF-Präsident Borge Brende äusserte er seine Bereitschaft, die Beziehungen zu Italiens rechter Regierungschefin zu intensivieren.

Jul 11, 2023 · Merz backed calls by fellow German conservative Manfred Weber to cooperate with Italian post-fascist leader Giorgia Meloni in finding a way to curb migration to Europe, yet refused to let her party join the center-right EPP bloc in the European Parliament for now.

Merz believes his predecessor as party leader committed major blunders when she phased out the country’s nuclear power plants following the 2011 Fukushima accident and when she welcomed over a million asylum-seekers fleeing violence in the Middle East.

In less than a decade, the leader of the right-wing Brothers of Italy party has gone from being dismissed as an ultranationalist kook to being elected prime minister of Italy and establishing herself as a figure with whom Brussels, and now Washington, can do business.

Aug 28, 2023 · Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her Brothers of Italy party set alarm bells ringing when they swept to power in October 2022, given the party’s neo-fascist roots and the fact that Meloni...

Dec 29, 2024 · Earlier this year, Musk praised Italy’s far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, describing her as “someone who is even more beautiful on the inside than she is on the outside” and “authentic,...

Jan 13, 2025 · Conservative Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become the next chancellor, has pledged to spend more on defence but not as much as Trump has demanded, and Merz's hope of engaging in free trade ...

Sep 9, 2024 · In October 2022, when Giorgia Meloni became Italy’s prime minister, concerns arose about her democratic credentials.

Jan 18, 2025 · Giorgia Meloni. In January, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni also visited Trump in Florida. ... His likely successor, Friedrich Merz, may also find it tough. His election manifesto speaks of ...