Overview

• Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is scheduled to speak at 12:00, introduced by Meeting Foundation president Bernhard Scholz, marking her first appearance at the Rimini Meeting as head of government.
• Her remarks are expected to center on foreign policy, including support for an Italian proposal to extend protections to Kyiv along Article 5 lines and concern over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza with calls to respect international law.
• She is slated to urge a more concrete and less bureaucratic European Union, with anticipated references to tariffs, relations with the United States, and the upcoming budget’s measures for the middle class and families.
• A government majority summit on the Ukraine file is set for tomorrow with Meloni, vice premiers Antonio Tajani and Matteo Salvini, and other officials.
• Event logistics exposed coalition frictions as Salvini eyed a press point overlapping Meloni’s slot before an agenda update cast it as uncertain, and he remains scheduled to speak at 17:30 on infrastructure.