Fri, May 29, 2020
Italian, Spanish diplomats stress EU solidarity in wake of COVID-19 economic response
Top officials from Italy and Spain—the two European Union member states hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic—praised the EU’s May 27 announcement of a €750 billion ($826.5 billion) recovery program to rescue the bloc from its worst economic crisis in its history.
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Wed, May 27, 2020
COVID-19 will not change Italy’s Euro-Atlantic position, defense minister says
“Many countries have shown solidarity toward Italy in an extraordinary situation. We talk to everyone, but the pillars of our security are NATO and the European Union, and these shall remain,” Guerini said.
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Fri, Apr 17, 2020
Polls show concerning effect of Chinese coronavirus charm offensive in Italy
Italy has a geopolitical problem. An April 7 opinion poll showed for the first time that Italians look more to China than to the United States as a potential international partner. The SWG research institute captured an unprecedented situation in the long-term transatlantic friendship as when asked, “Who should Italy look more to develop their international alliances outside of Europe?” 36 percent of Italians indicated China, while only 30 percent chose their historic American ally.
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