The ruling party "Brothers of Italy" of Prime Minister Giorgi Meloni expects the newly elected US President Donald Trump to maintain coordination with European partners.
„Our goal is peace. And we believe that Trump will coordinate the initiatives with the European partners, said the senator from the Brothers of Italy. Lucio Malan in response to the question of whether the party line on Ukraine will change due to the change of owner of the White House.
Italian media, citing sources, report that Rome has for the time being stopped the preparation of the 10th package of military aid to Ukraine. Government officials say Meloni has refocused military aid for several months to support the country's recovery and encourage Italian investment in its infrastructure. The next conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine will be held in Rome in July.
In Italy, only one of Meloni's allies in the ruling coalition has publicly supported Trump - League party leader, deputy prime minister and transport and infrastructure minister Matteo Salvini. Second Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani remained neutral, but now spoke of the need to prevent a trade war between Europe and the United States based on tariffs.
Melloni is known to have built a trusting relationship with outgoing US President Joe Biden, although her party "Brothers from Italy" on a number of conservative attitudes closer to the positions of the Republican Party. As local analysts write, Meloni must now demonstrate complete loyalty to Trump. And one of the "intermediaries" This can be done by the entrepreneur Elon Musk, with whom the head of the Italian government also has a “special relationship”. They met several times, including in Washington at the Atlantic Council, she received an award from his hands. After the election of Trump, whom Musk actively supported, she said she had a phone conversation with him, calling him a “friend”. “I am convinced that his efforts and his vision represent a critical resource for the US and Italy, in a spirit of cooperation aimed at finding answers to the challenges of the future,” Meloni wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
Source: tass.ru