BRUSSELS (AP) — Despite deep uncertainty over a surge in coronavirus cases and the impact of new variants of the disease, senior European Commission officials on Thursday expressed cautious...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's executive arm forecasts that the bloc's economy will contract more than previously expected because of the coronavirus pandemic, which has caused lockdowns on...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union predicted Wednesday “a recession of historic proportions this year” due to the impact of the coronavirus as it released its first official estimates of the...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The European Union's new economy commissioner says Greece's bailout lenders are willing to discuss a request by Athens to ease strict budget targets that would help speed up...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The incoming president of the European Union's powerful executive arm on Tuesday nominated Irishman Phil Hogan to lead future EU trade talks, which could put him in charge of...
ROME (AP) — The center-left governor of Rome's region was chosen in a primary Sunday to lead Italy's struggling Democratic Party and its bid to reverse slumping popularity.
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni on Thursday discussed the future of Europe after Britain leaves the European Union next year in talks with top Romanian leaders.
Gentiloni met Romanian counterpart Viorica Dancila and then headed for talks with President Klaus Iohannis.
Gentiloni said Europe was "experiencing a moment of uncertainties and difficulties," in trying to balance the interest of individual countries within the context of the EU.
ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni formally resigned Saturday following the election of new parliament speakers, but was immediately asked by the president to stay on while the country's political factions jostle to try to form a new government.
Italy's inconclusive March 4 election saw a surge in populist and right-wing sentiment but produced no majority in parliament.
ROME (AP) — Italians demonstrated Saturday against racism, revivals of fascism, labor reforms, mandatory vaccines and other hotly-debated issues, at some points clashing with police, as antagonism flared between far-left and far-right activists in a violence-marred election campaign.
It was the last weekend for political rallies ahead of Italy's March 4 national election, and protesters held at least a dozen marches or rallies in several Italian cities.
ROME (AP) — Anti-fascist demonstrators have clashed with police in the northern Italian city of Turin as another night of violence has erupted in the waning days of Italy's divisive election campaign.
Police fired water cannons Thursday night against the demonstrators, who were marching as the far-right CasaPound party was meeting in Turin.
ROME (AP) — Italian government officials are warning of possible foreign interference in the March 4 general election, sounding the alarm following the U.S. indictment of Russian trolls and evidence of Russian-sourced fake news on popular Italian platforms.
BERLIN (AP) — Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni said Friday he expects his country to continue to have a pro-European government after next month's elections, rejecting suggestions that growing populism might force a change of course in Italy.
Speaking after a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, Gentiloni told reporters that he believes "Italy will have a stable government, and I don't see the risk of a government led by populists or anti-Europeans in my country."
ROME (AP) — Seven Mediterranean countries are encouraging citizens to have their say on the European Union's future in coming months.
Leaders from Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Malta, Greece and Cyprus met over dinner in Rome on Wednesday night to craft common strategy ahead of full EU meetings later this year.
MILAN (AP) — The Italian government on Thursday set March 4 as the date for electing the next parliament, formally launching what is shaping up to be an especially bruising campaign.
The general election was scheduled after President Sergio Mattarella dissolved the sitting legislature, following a meeting in Rome with Premier Paolo Gentiloni and the leaders of both houses.
MILAN (AP) — The Latest on Italy's next general election (all times local):
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The Italian government has set March 4 as the date for the next parliamentary election, formally launching what is shaping up to be a bruising campaign.
The decision Thursday was made after President Sergio Mattarella formally dissolved the sitting legislature following meetings with Premier Paolo Gentiloni and the heads of both houses of parliament.
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Italy's premier has met with Tunisian leaders during a two-day working visit to discuss terrorism, migration and the impact of the chaotic situation in Libya, subjects that deeply touch both countries.
LYON, France (AP) — The Latest on the negotiations between France and Italy over ownership of France's STX shipyard (all times local):
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The leaders of French and Italy have announced a deal allowing Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri to take control of France's STX shipyard.
The deal announced Wednesday by French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking alongside Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni in the French city of Lyon, ends a weekslong dispute between the two countries.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The leaders of Britain, France and Italy are setting an ambitious goal for tech companies to tackle online posts that promote terrorism: Take them down within an hour or two.
Convening world and tech leaders Wednesday at the United Nations, British Prime Minister Theresa May said internet companies are making progress but need to go "further and faster" to keep violent extremist material from spreading online.
ROME (AP) — Premier Paolo Gentiloni says he's still committed to passing legislation to let immigrants' children become Italians, after his Democratic Party lawmakers acknowledged they don't have the votes to pass it in parliament.
Speaking Thursday in Greece, Gentiloni said there's still time before the end of the year to pass the bill. He said: "Here we are still in the summer, as you can see, and the commitment that we described for weeks surely remains. It is a work that needs to be done."
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The prime ministers of Greece and Italy have stressed that European countries should share the burden of dealing with migration.
Italy's Paolo Gentiloni and his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras spoke Thursday on the western Greek island of Corfu, where talks also included the financial crisis and the European Union's relations with Turkey.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Latest on asylum-seekers and refugees in Europe (all times local):
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The Libyan parliament has voiced strong opposition to the planned deployment of Italian navy vessels to Libya's territorial waters to help the coast guard curb the flow of migrants.
The parliament based in eastern Libya warned that such a move would be "exporting the illegal migration crisis to Libya" by sending migrants stopped at sea back to Libya.
MILAN (AP) — Italy and France agreed Tuesday to work on resolving their dispute over an Italian shipbuilder's bid to take over a French shipyard, giving themselves until the end of September.
But Italian Economic Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said Italy would not budge on its objection to France's move to limit the shipbuilder, state-controlled Fincantieri, to a 50-percent stake in the Saint-Nazaire shipyard.
MILAN (AP) — Italy is putting its hopes for managing the migrant crisis on a new, Libya-requested mission to support the North African nation's coast guard despite suffering a rebuke by humanitarian groups.
Ministers were briefing parliamentary committees Tuesday on a Cabinet-approved mission that would deploy Italy's navy to assist the Libyan coast guard in patrolling its territorial waters. A vote could come as early as Wednesday.
MILAN (AP) — Italy on Friday approved sending Italian naval ships to help the Libyan coast guard combat migrant trafficking following a request by the North African nation.
The measure is part of efforts to stanch the flow of hundreds of thousands of migrants who are smuggled out of Libya across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe each year by traffickers using unseaworthy boats.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the flow of migrants into Europe (all times local):
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The Italian government has approved sending Italian naval units to help Libya's coast guard combat migrant trafficking.
Premier Paolo Gentiloni said Friday that the measure, requested by the Libyan government, represents "a significant contribution to reinforcing Libyan sovereignty. It is not an operation that we take against Libya sovereignty."
ROME (AP) — Sending Italian naval units to help Libya's coast guard could prove to be a "turning point" in efforts to stop traffickers from sending hundreds of thousands of migrants toward Italy's southern shores, Premier Paolo Gentiloni said Thursday.
MILAN (AP) — With Italians showing increasing discontent over unabated migrant arrivals and European partners not responding to pleas to ease Italy's burden, the country's leaders are considering what many have dubbed the nuclear option: approving emergency visas for migrants that could allow them unrestricted travel in Europe.
TRIESTE, Italy (AP) — Italy warned Wednesday that the European Union must keep its doors open to eventual membership for Western Balkan countries or risk allowing Russia and other global powers to increase their influence in the region.
Premier Paolo Gentiloni said enlarging the EU "isn't around the corner" but must be held out as a concrete possibility for aspirants Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.
TRIESTE, Italy (AP) — The Latest on the European Union summit with Western Balkan countries hoping to join the bloc (all times local):
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French President Emmanuel Macron is acknowledging France hasn't done its part in welcoming migrants during the influx Europe has experience during the last several years.
But Macron says there is a "profound" distinction that must be made between economic migrants and refugees fleeing war or persecution at home.
ROME (AP) — Italy's leader pressed his European Union allies Thursday to take in more migrants, saying the relentless arrival of tens of thousands on Italy's shores is putting his country under enormous strain. He spoke after 10,000 migrants were pulled to safety from the Mediterranean Sea in the last few days alone and were heading to Italy.
ROME (AP) — The Italian government on Sunday made 5.2 billion euros ($5.8 billion) of resources immediately available to keep operative two banks that the European Central Bank has deemed "failing or about to fail," sending them into insolvency procedures.
Premier Paolo Gentiloni defended the swift action by the government as vital for ensuring Italy's slow economic recovery isn't derailed by a "disorderly" failure of Veneto Banca and Banca Popolare di Vicenza.
ROME (AP) — Italy's premier says that world leaders will keep up the pressure on President Donald Trump to re-think his opposition to the Paris climate pact.
Paolo Gentiloni said Monday the Group of 20 meeting of major countries' leaders, on July 7-8 in Hamburg, Germany, would present the opportunity to lobby the U.S. administration.
Gentiloni announced last month at the Group of Seven he hosted in Sicily that Trump wasn't on board with the other participants in supporting the climate pact.