Meloni's European moment risks falling flat

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : This offered Italy "a precious card to play", boosting its influence over EU affairs, she said.
58% : Since she took power in 2022, Meloni has won friends in the EU and US by governing more pragmatically than many feared at the outset.
57% : Javier Milei, Argentina's president, has hailed the emergence of a "rightwing international" featuring himself, Meloni, Trump, Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu and President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador.
52% : "Three factors will limit the influence of Meloni and Italy in the EU: the condition of Italy's economy; her brand of rightwing politics; and the obstacles that confront all Italian prime ministers who are politicians, as opposed to technocrats, in combining leadership at home and in Europe.
49% : As politicians in a country plagued by shortlived governments, their priority was to control their unruly coalitions and shore up their electoral base, but they did so with rhetoric and policies that caused unease in the EU.
46% : Economic weakness is, in turn, a drag on Italian defence spending, which remains below the level expected to be demanded by Trump.
36% : True, France is in political paralysis and Germany's Social Democrat-led coalition has collapsed.
24% : But Italy is no different from France and Germany in fearing the impact of US tariffs that Trump threatens to impose on European exports.

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