President Javier Milei continues with his activities in Italy after his bilateral meeting with Georgia Meloni. During this Saturday, the libertarian leader will participate in the youth festival youth Fratelli d’Italia Atreju where He will give a speech in front of leaders, intellectuals and personalities of the international right. After the party event, he will participate in the television program Fourth Republic, in which he will be for the second time.
The highlight of the tour will be early on Sunday when, in the company of the Secretary General of the Presidency, Karina Mileithe President will meet with the head of the automotive company Stellantis, John Elkann. After this, the delegation will begin its way back to the country to arrive at the Ezeiza International Airport on Monday morning.
Javier Milei in Italy: citizenship, far-right festival, cars and media participation
The President arrived in Rome, Italy on Friday morning and has since maintained a busy agenda that will extend throughout the weekend. Yesterday, Milei held a new bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Georgia Meloni – it is 6th time both leaders meet – and then in the afternoon he received the prize Milton Friedman.
After his first day on Italian soil, Milei prepares to participate in the Fratelli d’Italia Atreju youth festival during this Saturday. It will take place at the Circus Maximus under the motto: “The Italian way: concrete responses to the changing world” and the Argentine president is expected to give a speech in front of leaders and intellectuals of the international right.
After this, the highest Argentine president will record his participation in the television program Fourth Republic, the same one he already attended in February, after what was his hearing with the Pope Francis.
On Sunday the libertarian leader’s agenda will be no less busy. First thing in the morning, the Argentine president and his sister will meet with the head of the Stellantis Automotive, John Elkann. Later, Milei will give an interview to the newspaper Liberoknown for its provocative publications and covers. After this, the delegation will return to the country, where they will arrive at the Ezeiza Airport on Monday morning.
Furthermore, the Milei’s stay in Italy had a small surprise: the Italian government He granted citizenship to both of them, through an expedited route. The measure generated rejection by the opposition of Meloni’s government.
In detail, the brothers meet the requirements to apply for citizenship due to their Italian ancestors. In Italy, foreigners need to reside for ten years before being able to apply for citizenshipand children of foreigners born in the country cannot apply for nationality until they turn 18 years old.
After the news was announced, the deputy of the More Europe opposition party, Riccardo Magi, declared that the granting of nationality to Milei represents a “insult“and constitutes an act of”intolerable discrimination against so many young people who will only obtain it after many years“.
Javier Milei met for the sixth time with Georgia Meloni
The Argentine president and the Italian prime minister met after 2:30 p.m., at the Chigi-Odescalchi palace, in front of Piazza Santi Apostoli in the center of Rome. This new meeting, the sixth during 2024, once again reflects the good political harmony that both leaders have. A few weeks ago, Meloni had visited Argentina, where he had a bilateral meeting with Milei at Casa Rosada.
The Italian president used her social networks to share part of the content of the bilateral meeting with Javier Milei. They talked about strengthening the “already solid“relationship between both countries and Action Plan 2025-2030 which they already talked about during Meloni’s visit to Argentina.
“The meeting also allowed reaffirm the importance attributed to judicial and security cooperation, with special reference to the fight against transnational organized crime,” said Meloni, a topic that is not usually common in the bilateral relationship with Italy. On the other hand, both leaders discussed the economic-commercial presence of Italy in our country. In particular, special mention was made of the energy sector. According to Meloni, “We agreed (with Javier Milei) to maintain close coordination also on the main issues on the international agenda“.
This is the sixth meeting between both politicians. Last month, Meloni visited Argentina and both leaders gave a joint statement to the press, in which they highlighted the ties between both countries and the political harmony between their governments.
“I think Prime Minister Meloni and I have something in common in a dimension that is political, but it’s also personal. We were both chosen to lead the destinies of our country, for addressing with courage, truth and openly what we could call the central problem of each of our nations,” Milei highlighted on that occasion.
For her part, the Italian representative Meloni stated that the link between both countries has a “extraordinary growth potential“. And he recalled that “there are 300 Italian companies that have 16,000 employees, with almost 3,000 million euros of business in Argentina.”
Source: Ambito
