Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni was supposed to meet at the White House on Thursday with President Trump, in that her assistants called the high rates a “commercial mission of peace”.
European leaders hope The right-wing Italian Prime Minister can position yourself as a bridge between the Trump administration and the European Union, which Mr. Trump and its main assistants gathered As deadIf there is no an abusive partner for defense and trade.
Nadezhda, not only in Rome, but also in the EU capitals through the 27-Nations block, it is likely that Meloni may convince Mr Trump not to make steep hiking that he threatens, which can destroy the European economies.
Meloni and Trump seems to be “perfectly arranged”
Meloni positioned himself because the European leader Mr. Trump is most likely listening. They have developed a relationship based on general political and ideological closeness on issues, including immigration and LGBTC rights.
Meloni was the only European leader who was invited to Mr. Trump's inauguration in January and he has praised her Several times, calling her “fantastic leader and man”, and the one he potentially can work to “straighten the world”.
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But the Italian leader will have to try to balance these beginners with his mandate to protect the interests of not only the economy of her own country, but also to the EU with which the financial future of Italy is inextricably linked.
Europe has hope and anxiety over Trump-Meloni's meeting
According to the press secretary of the commission, Meloni and President of the European Commission Ursul von der Leyen discussed the strategy on how to approach her meeting with Mr. Trump during several telephone calls on the eve of the trip, the press secretary of the commission reports.
Von der Leyen has not yet been met with Mr. Trump, despite repeated requests. The melon seat in the White House will be the first with any European leader because the administration has announced its Tariffs virtually every nation With which the United States is conducting trade in early April. A Eu which blow With a blanket 20% tariff rate on all exports in the US with this announcement, though Mr. Trump Put these higher rates on content For 90 days about a week, when the global stock markets were wound, leaving 10% universal bet.
Meloni cautiously unleashed wide tariffs for the EU as “wrong”, but it was one of the votes that urge the continental block not to introduce revenge, insisting that the calm response focused on negotiations will bring a more constructive decision.
The White House states that dozens of counties have made a request to agree on new trade agreements with the US, with MR. Trump boasts What the leaders called him and “kissing my ass”, asking for deals to avoid compensation for higher levies.
“We know that we are going through a difficult period, let's see how it goes in the coming hours. I don't feel the pressure, as you can imagine for my next two days,” Meloni said with a note of clear irony at a two -day reward ceremony. “I know what I imagine and I know I protect.”
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However, not all European politicians were so siphonatists about the potential result of the Trump-Meloni meeting. Italian opposition politician Charles Kalenda said: “The most important thing is that Meloni does not allow Trump to use himself for the division of the European Front.”
In other European capitals, there was an obvious anxiety about the possibility that the White House could use the meeting to try to undermine the EU unity.
“If we start holding bilateral discussions, it is obviously violating the current dynamics,” said the French Government Minister for Industry and Energy, Mark Furachi last week, adding: “Europe is only strong if it is united.”
The French news agency AFP said the government's press -secretary later emphasized that any votes capable of encouraging dialogue between Washington and the EU should welcome. In this statement, the EU's press secretary on Monday repeated remarks that noted the close coordination between Meloni and von der Leyen before the Italian leader's trip to Washington and said that “information -educational activities is very welcome.”
After a brief visit to Washington, the Italian leader will return home, where he is expected to meet with Vice Preidental J. D. Vens during a visit to the capital of Italy and the Vatican.
French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keira Starmer and Prime Minister of Ireland Michal Martin met with Mr. Trump in the Oval Service since he took over the second term, but all these meetings took place before a large -scale tariff announcement.