Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will attend U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington on Monday, her office confirmed on Saturday. Meloni will be one of the highest-profile European politicians to attend the event.

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.

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Lago, an invitation to Monday's inauguration and good relations with Elon Musk, Italy's Giorgia Meloni has positioned herself as the closest mainstream European leader to Donald Trump.

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is aiming for a central leadership role in Europe as President-elect Donald Trump prepares his return to the White House on January Meloni announced on Thursday in Rome that she plans to attend Trump's inauguration.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni made an unannounced visit to United States President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida on Saturday, her office confirmed on Sunday. Photos shared by her office depicted Meloni and Trump posing at the entrance of Mar-a-Lago and conversing in a reception room adorned with a Christmas tree in the background,

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is one of just a handful of world leaders to have been invited to Mar-a-Lago since his election victory last November — but whether she can be Europe's "Trump whisperer" is more complicated.

As for peace conditions, I have already said that Trump could be a person capable of moving in this direction, i.e. finding a solution. I think so, but that does not mean, in my opinion, abandoning Ukraine,