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    Meloni joins EU chorus criticizing Trump’s strikes on Iran

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    2. ReoPurzelbaum on

      Why on earth are you all obsessed with politico? There are few media conglomerates worse than Axel Springer on this continent.

    3. Nuclear-Jester on

      Grazie al cazzo, this war may destroy our economy. Besides the problem of fuel prices, we sell a lot of products to arab states.

      Not only the war is stopping the trade, but it is also making harder to get materials for our methallurgy industries and others

      Meloni praised Trump for months, now she is finally realising he doesn’t care about Italy

    5. Any-Original-6113 on

      Who knows how Trump will take Italy’s complaints — but don’t be surprised if Italian pasta prices spike in the US. /s

      P.S. The Gulf states were a prime destination for Italian luxury goods.

    7. Mad_Chemist_ on

      We literally have nothing to do with whatever’s going on in Iran. There are literally no benefits to getting involved.

    8. ArjunaKrisna on

      These dumbass politicians would deserve the consequences, but I really feel sorry for the people, who actually bear the consequences for the decisions of the politicians.

    9. agiudice on

      For those who are concerned about how Trump will react to his bedside rug criticizing him: DJT’ll just ignore her, he will just order and command when he needs, and she will silently obey as a good girl.

      edit: typos

    10. dat_9600gt_user on

      **Italy’s right-wing prime minister rebukes growing trend of interventions “outside the scope of international law.”**

      March 11, 2026 3:36 pm CET

      By Hannah Roberts

      Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is increasingly distancing herself from the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.

      The right-wing leader issued her strongest rebuke of the conflict so far in remarks to the parliament in Rome on Wednesday, describing the military campaign unfolding in the Middle East as part of a growing trend of interventions “outside the scope of international law.”

      Earlier in the week, Meloni had struck a more ambiguous note, saying she neither condemned nor agreed with the war.

      The brisk shift in tone — striking from a leader who built a reputation as one of Europe’s most-reliable U.S. allies — is a reflection of pressures closer to home.

      Airstrikes on Iran have proved deeply unpopular in Italy, where public opinion is overwhelmingly hostile toward the prospect of being drawn into another Middle East conflict.

      And with the government approaching a politically sensitive referendum about judicial reforms, which has increasingly become a plebiscite on Meloni’s coalition, the prime minister now faces the delicate task of maintaining her transatlantic alliances while also responding to domestic strains.

      Meloni appears to be unmistakably, yet cautiously, repositioning herself on the side of restraint. In her remarks, she condemned the bombing of a girls’ school that killed 168 people as a “massacre,” and requested responsibility be ascertained swiftly. Multiple media outlets have reported the school was probably hit by a U.S. strike on a neighboring Iranian naval base.

      Meloni now joins EU leaders including Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, French President Emmanuel Macron and Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten in criticizing — with varying degrees of vigorousness — the strikes against Iran.

      She also sought to compare her stance on joint-use U.S.-Italian bases with that of Sánchez, who has openly condemned the war and has been praised by the Italian opposition.

      The question of whether U.S. forces could use joint bases in Italy to support strikes on Iran has become an especially sensitive domestic matter. Meloni has insisted that the bases are only being used for logistical and technical purposes under agreements signed in the 1950s — not for launching strikes — as the use of Italian air bases for military strikes would require explicit authorization from parliament.

      Meloni said her and Sánchez’s positions — that bases won’t be used for launching strikes on Iran, for example — are being perceived differently despite being the same.

      “It amazes me that the same people [Italy’s opposition] condemn this decision in our nation and praise it in Spain,” she said.

    12. WentThisWayInsteadOf on

      Edit: I am no longer able to find the article I saw, the below comment is therefore no longer correct.

      The other day she was for the attack. Maybe the raising oil prices has changed her view.

    13. Fusifufu on

      Europe really shouldn’t have so eagerly echoed American talking points and blamed Iran for the war. The EU should position itself similar to India or China with regards to the middle east. Keep it transactional, but otherwise fully keep out of it. Let the US entangle itself with Israel and the Arab states all it wants, but please stop backing them up.

      Would be a difficult change in position for Germany in particular, however. Merz was cheering on the “dirty work” being done by the US only recently, after all. Now we see where that led us. Let’s hope the EU realigns itself after this disaster.

    15. Reasonable-Trash5328 on

      Maybe after the US launched a cruise missile into a school killing over 100 children the EU could do literally anything besides shake their finger. Its actually sickening.

    16. LiquicityMS on

      I start to think some people around here commenting see the world as black or white, 0s or 1s.

    19. _0611 on

      Every European leader not opposing this war is a weakling and/or beyond incompetent and/or somehow paid by Israel.

      It’s so obvious that this war will lead to no good. Netanyahu and Trump are now actively creating the terrorists of the future. Only utter shit will come from this war, and Europe will be one of the areas hit the hardest.

      Meloni, and all other European leaders who don’t vehemently oppose this unnecessary and illegal war, should be removed from office immediately. They do not represent the will of the people, and only hurt us by siding with Trump and Netanyahu. Nothing good ever comes from siding with those two. One way or another, you end up losing.

    21. Agreeable-Street-882 on

      Meloni criticizes Trump: Meloni bad

      Meloni doesn’t criticize Trump: Meloni bad

    22. No_Priors on

      The UK (not EU) and Germany aren’t in the chorus, they’ve never seen a war crime they didn’t want to jerk off to.