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 German Chancellor Angela Merkel received a warm welcome during her visit to Italy on Thursday in one of her last foreign engagements before she steps down. https://www.thelocal.it/20211007/well-miss-you-merkel-gets-fond-farewell-in-rome Thu, 07 Oct 2021 18:48:05 +0200 well-miss-you-merkel-gets-fond-farewell-in-rome The hardline interior ministers of Austria, Germany and Italy have formed an "axis of the willing" to combat illegal immigration, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Wednesday, escalating a Europe-wide row over the issue. https://www.thelocal.it/20180613/german-interior-minister-forms-alliance-with-austria-italy-against-merkel Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:56:57 +0200 german-interior-minister-forms-alliance-with-austria-italy-against-merkel Italy on Tuesday backed German Chancellor Angela Merkel's call for Europe to be a stronger player on the world stage in the era of Donald Trump and Brexit. https://www.thelocal.it/20170531/italys-pm-backs-merkels-call-for-a-stronger-europe-to-cope-with-the-trump-led-us Wed, 31 May 2017 10:52:36 +0200 italys-pm-backs-merkels-call-for-a-stronger-europe-to-cope-with-the-trump-led-us The Italian coastguard said that 1,725 migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast on Thursday, bringing the total number saved since Sunday to at least 14,000. https://www.thelocal.it/20160902/14000-migrants-saved-in-med-in-five-days Fri, 02 Sep 2016 10:39:40 +0200 14000-migrants-saved-in-med-in-five-days The European Union needs a reboot in the wake of Britain's vote to leave, Italy's prime minister said on Monday as he prepared to meet his French and German counterparts to discuss the fallout from Brexit. https://www.thelocal.it/20160822/italy-calls-for-reboot-as-eu-big-three-mull-brexit-wreckage Mon, 22 Aug 2016 16:23:16 +0200 italy-calls-for-reboot-as-eu-big-three-mull-brexit-wreckage The island of Ventotene, an ancient volcano off the coast of Naples where the leaders of Italy, France and Germany meet on Monday for talks on the EU's future, is where the dream of a united Europe was born. https://www.thelocal.it/20160822/italy-prison-island-birthplace-of-european-dream Mon, 22 Aug 2016 09:58:45 +0200 italy-prison-island-birthplace-of-european-dream The leaders of Italy, France and Germany meet on Monday to lay the groundwork for a summit aimed at salvaging the European project in the wake of Britain's shock vote to leave. https://www.thelocal.it/20160822/big-three-tackle-eu-future-on-symbolic-island-brexit Mon, 22 Aug 2016 09:48:02 +0200 big-three-tackle-eu-future-on-symbolic-island-brexit German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced optimism on Tuesday that Italy will be able to head off a banking crisis and insisted the situation would not snowball into a new eurozone emergency. https://www.thelocal.it/20160712/merkel-sees-no-eurozone-crisis-developing-over-italys-banks Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:17:40 +0200 merkel-sees-no-eurozone-crisis-developing-over-italys-banks 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 Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Thursday criticized Franco-German dominance in EU decision-making, especially on the refugee crisis, speaking on the eve of a Berlin visit. https://www.thelocal.it/20160128/italys-renzi-criticises-franco-german-dominance-in-eu Thu, 28 Jan 2016 14:22:25 +0100 italys-renzi-criticises-franco-german-dominance-in-eu A clash between Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel highlighted fresh EU divisions on Friday despite efforts to present a unified front after a crisis-ridden 2015. https://www.thelocal.it/20151218/germany-italy-clash-ends-year-of-crisis-for-eu Fri, 18 Dec 2015 20:44:20 +0100 germany-italy-clash-ends-year-of-crisis-for-eu 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 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 Reforms undertaken by France and Italy are insufficient, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an interview published Sunday, a week after the two countries won more time from the EU to put their public finances in order. https://www.thelocal.it/20141207/merkel-casts-doubt-on-france-italy-reforms Sun, 07 Dec 2014 09:17:44 +0100 merkel-casts-doubt-on-france-italy-reforms Italians must stop talking badly of Germany, which should be seen as a model country, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140902/germany-is-a-model-for-italy-renzi Tue, 02 Sep 2014 12:15:00 +0200 germany-is-a-model-for-italy-renzi