Summary

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has called for an “immediate” summit between the US, EU, and Western allies to discuss Ukraine following a heated White House meeting between Trump and President Zelenskyy.

The February 28 meeting ended without agreement on a minerals deal after escalating into a confrontation over US aid and peace deal conditions.

Meloni warned that Western division “makes us all weaker” as European leaders reaffirmed support for Ukraine.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas commented that “the free world needs a new leader,” while European allies worry about being excluded from US-Russia negotiations to end the war.

  • Scrollone@feddit.itEnglish
    191·
    3 days ago

    I’m Italian and I would have never thought that Meloni would be the reasonable one in this shit. Oh well.

    • sudneo@lemm.eeEnglish
      8·
      3 days ago

      She is just trying to act as interface between Europe (edit) and US. No idea why Italian government is always convinced to have a special relationship with the US, most likely because they are non threading to US hegemony as Germany or France are.

      • biofaust@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        Because Italy has no natural resources and we evolved into the perfect slave of American neocolonialism. Without the US buying our shit, we would have our economy in shambles.

        France and Germany (our actual major trade partner btw, US is second) have made VERY different investments.

        • sudneo@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          3 days ago

          We have also never been imperial powers (both France and Germany were and to some extent are). I guess we have a different history in general, though.

          BTW, we deindustrialized in the last 25ish years, we were actually above Germany as an industrial power. So I don’t think it’s just economic dependency.

            • sudneo@lemm.eeEnglish
              1·
              3 days ago

              At that time the concept of Italy didn’t exist :) it barely exists now.

            • Damage@feddit.itEnglish
              1·
              3 days ago

              Never been an imperial power, aside from when we created the concept

          • djsp@feddit.orgEnglish
            1·
            3 days ago

            We have also never been imperial powers

            Italy did maintain colonies in parts of what today are Libya, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia, among other places, albeit the Italian imperial project was comparatively short in both time and space.

            • sudneo@lemm.eeEnglish
              2·
              3 days ago

              Yes, I am aware. Despite the cruelty (especially in Eritrea) it was a parody of a colonial power, and I wouldn’t call it an empire.