Italian far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the "scourge" of anti-Semitism Monday on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, while acknowledging Fascist Italy's complicity in the Holocaust.

Among EU leaders, however, only Meloni is confirmed to have received a personal invitation to the event, bolstered by her personal relationship with Trump, whom she recently visited at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.

He hails a fantastic woman sweeping all before her in Europe. She praises a strong and shrewd defender of the West. Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni are fast forging a new transatlantic "special relationship".

While leading German politicians fear the worst from Trump's second presidency, German parties are taking very different approaches to him. The nationalist AfD is delighted — and was even invited to Trump's inauguration.

Germany's election frontrunner says Europeans are waiting for Germany to take the lead on dealing with the new American president.

Giorgia Meloni’s presence at Donald Trump’s inauguration aimed to reinforce her status as a privileged interlocutor with the new US administration. But this position carries risks for Italy and the EU.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, whose rise to power in Rome two years ago sparked panic among the European political establishment, may now be the continent’s best hope to have one of its own in the good graces of the Trump White House.

The Italian leader has the potential to serve as a key European ally in the quest for peace in Europe and the Middle East.

The U.S. president-elect lays down a clear ideological marker with his unusual invitees from across the globe.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and right-wing leaders including Argentine President Javier Milei and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni are on the invite list.

ROME (AP) — After forging unexpectedly fond ties with U.S. President Joe Biden, Italy’s right-wing Premier Giorgia ... as Germany, France and even Canada struggle. Meloni has led her once ...

U.S. President Joe Biden talks to Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ... second export partner after Germany. The bottom line, according to analysts, is that Meloni remains a true nationalist ...