"Italy's economy is dependent on exports to the US - it's in the top 5 of EU export countries to the US, and it spends less than 2% of GDP on defence.

So politically [Meloni and Trump] might get on well, but at the policy level there's huge gaps."

@armida.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4 last week.

Our Senior Research Fellow @armida.bsky.social spoke to BBC Radio 4 this morning to discuss Trump's comments at Davos about Russia's war in Ukraine.

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Our Senior Research Fellow @armida.bsky.social was asked to give evidence to the House of Lords European Affairs Committee as part of their inquiry into the UK-EU reset.

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