He is the first head of state that Giorgia Meloni has met since taking office.
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Posted on 10/23/2022 8:15 PM Updated on 10/23/2022 9:41 PM
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Emmanuel Macron finally met new Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on the evening of October 23 in Rome, a few hours after Italy’s right-wing government since 1946 took office.
The meeting took place in the center of the Italian capital and not in an official palace. The Italian press speaks for its part of an interview planned in a hotel on the sidelines of the Peace Summit that opened on Sunday. The talks lasted about two hours.
As Europeans, in neighboring countries, as friendly peoples, we must continue the work that has begun with Italy. We owe it to our young people and to our people to be successful together, through dialogue and ambition. Our first meeting in Rome, @ Giorgia Melonigoes in that direction. pic.twitter.com/njWFLo97b9
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) October 23, 2022
The French head of state, who has not spoken on the subject since the appointment of Giorgia Meloni, unlike the German chancellor, the American president and the representatives of the European institutions, has become the first foreign head of state to meet the new Italian head of government.
Until recently, Paris had been very reluctant to consider the possibility and even the desirability of such a tete-a-tete, with Emmanuel Macron’s arrival in Rome primarily reserved for a peace speech at an international forum on Sunday. An audience with Pope Francis is scheduled for Monday morning scheduled.