https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande on an Italian island on Monday to discuss the EU's way forward after Britain's shock vote to quit the bloc. https://www.thelocal.it/20160818/eu-leaders-to-meet-on-italian-island-for-brexit-talks Thu, 18 Aug 2016 10:24:00 +0200 eu-leaders-to-meet-on-italian-island-for-brexit-talks Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has taken another swipe at Austria over its plans to reinstate border controls at the Brenner pass, saying its position towards the refugee crisis is “anachronistic”. https://www.thelocal.it/20160506/renzi-lashes-out-at-anachronistic-austria-over-border-plan Fri, 06 May 2016 10:36:15 +0200 renzi-lashes-out-at-anachronistic-austria-over-border-plan EU president Donald Tusk travels to Rome on Thursday with fellow EU institution leaders and German Chancellor Angela Merkel for two days of talks likely to focus on next steps in Europe's migrant crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20160505/eu-leaders-in-rome-to-discuss-migrant-crisis Thu, 05 May 2016 10:32:59 +0200 eu-leaders-in-rome-to-discuss-migrant-crisis The EU said on Wednesday it had agreed on how to finance a €3 billion ($3.3 billion) deal to aid Syrian refugees in Turkey, in exchange for Ankara's help stemming the flow of migrants, after resolving a dispute with Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160204/eu-approves-turkey-refugee-fund-after-italy-row-solved Thu, 04 Feb 2016 09:27:26 +0100 eu-approves-turkey-refugee-fund-after-italy-row-solved Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi insisted on Friday that the EU's budget rules should be interpreted flexibly and that austerity should not be seen purely as an end in itself. https://www.thelocal.it/20160129/italy-insists-on-flexibility-in-eu-budgets Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:01:41 +0100 italy-insists-on-flexibility-in-eu-budgets Italy's energetic Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is fed up with France and Germany stitching up Europe's big decisions. And he's not taking it lying down. https://www.thelocal.it/20160128/why-italy-is-scrapping-to-be-let-into-europes-big-boys-club Thu, 28 Jan 2016 18:05:03 +0100 why-italy-is-scrapping-to-be-let-into-europes-big-boys-club German Chancellor Angela Merkel has demanded that both Italy and Greece set up ‘hotspot’ centres to swiftly process asylum requests, arguing that a deal on the redistribution of refugees across the EU depended on it. https://www.thelocal.it/20150916/italy-told-to-set-up-refugee-hotspot-centres Wed, 16 Sep 2015 11:12:59 +0200 italy-told-to-set-up-refugee-hotspot-centres Italy's Foreign Minister has scathingly dismissed criticism from France and Germany over its handling of the tens of thousands of migrants arriving on its southern shores. https://www.thelocal.it/20150826/italy-hits-back-at-merkel-in-migrants-row Wed, 26 Aug 2015 13:49:39 +0200 italy-hits-back-at-merkel-in-migrants-row Italy and Greece – two countries which have borne the brunt of the migrant crisis - must set up registration centres to help identify asylum-seekers and illegal migrants as soon as possible, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150825/italy-must-act-now-on-migrants-merkel Tue, 25 Aug 2015 11:00:58 +0200 italy-must-act-now-on-migrants-merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel next week is to visit France for talks with President Francois Hollande and the Vatican, where she will meet Pope Francis, Berlin said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150213/merkel-to-discuss-global-crises-in-meeting-with-pope Fri, 13 Feb 2015 16:04:00 +0100 merkel-to-discuss-global-crises-in-meeting-with-pope German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday backed Italy's Matteo Renzi to deliver on a pledge to "turbo-charge" his reforms after the European Central Bank's decision to pump billions into the moribund eurozone economy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150123/merkel-confident-renzi-will-deliver-on-reform-pledge Fri, 23 Jan 2015 15:54:00 +0100 merkel-confident-renzi-will-deliver-on-reform-pledge German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in Florence on Friday she wanted Greece to "remain part of our story", ahead of elections this weekend which could sweep the anti-austerity Syriza party to power and determine whether the country stays in the eurozone. https://www.thelocal.it/20150123/merkel-wants-greece-to-remain-part-of-our-story Fri, 23 Jan 2015 13:35:00 +0100 merkel-wants-greece-to-remain-part-of-our-story The eurozone's deep divisions were set to be given an airing on Thursday as Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi hosted German Chancellor Angela Merkel days before crucial elections in Greece. https://www.thelocal.it/20150123/renzi-uses-florences-splendour-to-woo-merkel Fri, 23 Jan 2015 09:19:00 +0100 renzi-uses-florences-splendour-to-woo-merkel