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 The European Commission responded that the EU had been 'a boon' for the United States after President Donald Trump claimed it had been born to 'screw' the US, laying bare his hostility to the longtime US partners as he detailed new tariffs. https://www.thelocal.it/20250227/europeans-hit-back-after-donald-trump-says-eu-was-born-to-screw-us Thu, 27 Feb 2025 07:27:39 +0100 europeans-hit-back-after-donald-trump-says-eu-was-born-to-screw-us Donald Trump hasn't even moved back into the White House -- but the volatile US president-elect has already rattled his counterparts in Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20250110/dont-add-fuel-to-fire-europe-tries-to-play-it-cool-as-storm-trump-approaches Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:04:26 +0100 dont-add-fuel-to-fire-europe-tries-to-play-it-cool-as-storm-trump-approaches "Trust in Trump's America is gone." The coronavirus crisis has caused a dramatic deterioration in the European public perception of the US and left many believing the EU had become "irrelevant", new polling finds. https://www.thelocal.it/20200629/how-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-changed-europeans-views-of-the-us-and-the-eu Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:22:08 +0200 how-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-changed-europeans-views-of-the-us-and-the-eu Italian League leader Salvini met with top US officials in Washington on Monday and stressed his party's "closeness" to the Trump administration. https://www.thelocal.it/20190618/weve-never-been-closer-italys-salvini-in-us-to-meet-trump-administration Tue, 18 Jun 2019 12:01:33 +0200 weve-never-been-closer-italys-salvini-in-us-to-meet-trump-administration Italy braced on Friday for a Standard & Poor's review that could downgrade the country's credit rating, upping the pressure on Rome amid a stand-off with Brussels over its budget. https://www.thelocal.it/20181026/donald-trump-backs-italys-budget-but-will-the-markets Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:34:00 +0200 donald-trump-backs-italys-budget-but-will-the-markets US President Donald Trump receives Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Monday, welcoming to the White House a European populist with like-minded views on immigration and trade. https://www.thelocal.it/20180730/italian-pm-giuseppe-conte-donald-trump-usa-politics Mon, 30 Jul 2018 10:51:49 +0200 italian-pm-giuseppe-conte-donald-trump-usa-politics Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will pay his first visit to the White House on July 30th, US President Donald Trump's office announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180628/italy-giuseppe-conte-visit-donald-trump-july-30 Thu, 28 Jun 2018 10:33:46 +0200 italy-giuseppe-conte-visit-donald-trump-july-30 US President Donald Trump on Friday hailed Italy's novice prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, as "very strong" on immigration, days after the European nation rejected a ship loaded with migrants. https://www.thelocal.it/20180615/trump-praises-conte-as-very-strong-on-immigration Sat, 16 Jun 2018 01:59:57 +0200 trump-praises-conte-as-very-strong-on-immigration A month ago, he was a little-known law professor. On Saturday, Giuseppe Conte was heading home to Italy as a fully-fledged member of the most exclusive club of world leaders. https://www.thelocal.it/20180610/conte-italys-novice-pm-completes-g7-baptism-of-fire Sun, 10 Jun 2018 11:30:47 +0200 conte-italys-novice-pm-completes-g7-baptism-of-fire The G7 summit ended in farce and a renewed threat of global trade war on Saturday as US President Donald Trump abruptly rejected the text of a consensus statement and bitterly insulted the Canadian host. https://www.thelocal.it/20180610/trump-trade-fury-torpedoes-canadas-g7-summit Sun, 10 Jun 2018 11:16:35 +0200 trump-trade-fury-torpedoes-canadas-g7-summit In one of his first foreign policy statements, Italy's new Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said that Russia should return to the G8. https://www.thelocal.it/20180608/russia-should-be-back-in-the-g8-italy-prime-minister-giuseppe-conte-president-donald-trump Fri, 08 Jun 2018 17:05:00 +0200 russia-should-be-back-in-the-g8-italy-prime-minister-giuseppe-conte-president-donald-trump The request was for a Van Gogh to adorn the walls of the president and first lady's private residence in the White House. The answer? No -- but how about a fully functioning, 18-karat gold toilet instead? https://www.thelocal.it/20180126/guggenheim-offers-trump-an-18-karat-gold-toilet-made-by-an-italian-artist Fri, 26 Jan 2018 09:57:52 +0100 guggenheim-offers-trump-an-18-karat-gold-toilet-made-by-an-italian-artist Two brothers were arrested on Monday on suspicion of robbing around 20 cash machines near the northern Italian city of Turin while donning masks of US President Donald Trump. https://www.thelocal.it/20170725/italian-brothers-don-trump-masks-for-cash-machine-heists Tue, 25 Jul 2017 11:46:02 +0200 italian-brothers-don-trump-masks-for-cash-machine-heists US allies in the G7 said on Monday that action to contain devastating climate change was irreversible and could even be accelerated, despite Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the Paris accord. https://www.thelocal.it/20170613/g7-countries-reaffirm-climate-commitment-in-italy-leaving-the-us-isolated Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:53:02 +0200 g7-countries-reaffirm-climate-commitment-in-italy-leaving-the-us-isolated The United States' partners in the G7 club of wealthy democracies vowed on Sunday to press ahead with efforts to contain devastating climate change despite a rift caused by the American withdrawal from the Paris accord on cutting carbon emissions. https://www.thelocal.it/20170612/g7-environment-chiefs-meet-in-italy-vowing-to-press-ahead-with-climate-change-fight Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:54:46 +0200 g7-environment-chiefs-meet-in-italy-vowing-to-press-ahead-with-climate-change-fight Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni joined other world leaders on Thursday in criticizing US President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement. https://www.thelocal.it/20170602/a-backwards-step-italy-criticizes-trumps-decision-to-quit-paris-climate-agreement Fri, 02 Jun 2017 10:47:42 +0200 a-backwards-step-italy-criticizes-trumps-decision-to-quit-paris-climate-agreement 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 G7 nations risk unprecedented deadlock on Saturday after US President Donald Trump ditched the charm for snarls, resisting calls for concerted action on hot-button issues such as climate change. https://www.thelocal.it/20170527/disharmony-at-g7-as-trump-plays-his-own-tune Sat, 27 May 2017 11:23:02 +0200 disharmony-at-g7-as-trump-plays-his-own-tune Leaders of the world's major industrialized nations met on Friday in a Sicilian hilltop town for what has been called "the toughest G7 in years". https://www.thelocal.it/20170526/in-pictures-world-leaders-meet-in-sicily-for-g7-conference Fri, 26 May 2017 16:05:14 +0200 in-pictures-world-leaders-meet-in-sicily-for-g7-conference Is Donald Trump really going to ditch the Paris climate change accord? Whither the sweeping tax cuts and America First trade policies he has also promised? What is he up to in the Middle East and what exactly are his plans for North Korea? https://www.thelocal.it/20170526/what-to-expect-from-trumps-trip-to-sicily-for-g7-meet Fri, 26 May 2017 11:59:53 +0200 what-to-expect-from-trumps-trip-to-sicily-for-g7-meet