The head of Italy’s Democratic Party believes Rome must postpone its plan to raise defence spending and reach the NATO target of 2% of GDP by 2028. Her comments...
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The Democratic Party walked a tightrope by ensuring its support to Kyiv (including by sending weapons) but criticising the use of EU funds to produce weaponry. Last...
Elly Schlein did not take a clear position on the EU vote to replenish the States’ ammunition stocks, depleted by the war in Ukraine, with common funds. But the party’s...
The Italian anti-establishment party is still politically homeless in the European Parliament. And although dialogues between it and the European Greens Party are...
Beppe Grillo asked MPs to make the Taranto port of call (which is sensitive for NATO activities) a junction of the maritime Belt and Road Initiative. The government...
The Five Star Movement leader once again called to stop arming Kyiv, spoke of the nuclear threat and issued conspiracy-laden allusions, going through the usual rounds of...
As Rome continues to aid Kyiv, including through military aid, in-house discussions gave Italian parties the chance to express their position on the matter. The...
The next few days will give Italian parties a chance to express their line on the Ukrainian resistance – and Italy’s role in supporting it – in Parliament. Regardless of...
The Democratic Party’s secretary Elly Schlein quelled doubts on her position, confirming she is in favour of sending weapons to Kyiv to aid it against Putin’s “criminal...
The Italian left’s radical underdog now holds the tiller of its biggest party, which saw in her the solution to a years-long identity crisis. The young leader promised...