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Putin’s war is forcing Italy to rethink its historic ties to Russia

The head of Italy’s industry lobby, Carlo Bonomi, traveled to Kyiv recently to demonstrate the business community’s support for Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression.

Tribune News Service

Italy's 5-Star leader pledges to support Draghi despite schism

Italy's 5-Star Movement is not considering leaving Mario Draghi's government, party chief Giuseppe Conte said on Wednesday, dismissing suggestions he could withdraw after his group broke in two.

Reuters

Analysis-Macron's EU standing takes hit from parliament mess - but who else to lead?

President Emmanuel Macron has suffered a bruising setback in France's politics but may yet stay out ahead in a three-way race as Europe's informal leader, not because of his own mandate but because of the weakness of his German and Italian rivals.

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Italy's 5-Stars in chaos as Di Maio splits, forms new group

Italy’s political landscape has shifted after Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio formalized his departure from the 5-Star Movement

The Independent UK

Italy's Foreign Minister Di Maio quits 5-Star Movement

Italy's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Tuesday he was leaving the 5-Star Movement to form a new parliamentary group backing the government of Prime Minister Mario Draghi.

Reuters

Italy's Draghi gets backing for government line on Ukraine

Premier Mario Draghi has secured parliamentary backing to continue supporting Ukraine against Russia

The Independent UK

Doyle McManus: War in Ukraine is a battle of wills and economic pain — and the West is showing fatigue

I was in the hills of northern Italy last week, mostly on vacation but also curious to see how the war in Ukraine has affected life next door in Europe.

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Medvedev Mocks French, German, Italian Leaders In Kyiv As Fans Of Frogs, Liverwurst And Spaghetti

Former Russian president and staunch Vladimir Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev derided French, German and Italian leaders who visited the Ukrainian capital Kyiv as “fans of frogs, liverwurst, and spaghetti”.

Zenger

Italian foreign minister accuses own party of 'immaturity' over Ukraine

Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio on Sunday accused his own 5-Star Movement party of undermining government efforts to support Ukraine and weakening Rome's standing within the European Union.

Reuters

Gas rationing is getting closer for Europe

Throughout the entire Cold War and in the decades since, Russia was a stable supplier of gas to Europe. That changed this week.

Tribune News Service

France and Turkey propose rival plans to get grain out of Ukraine

Macron favours land routes to Romania from Odesa whereas Ankara wants to use shipping lanes through Black Sea

The Guardian - UK

Russian state TV in chilling suggestion Macron should have been bombed in Kyiv

TV anchor Yevgeny Popov somehow managed to link the French, German and Italian leaders being in Ukraine as proof that there was no 'war' but only a limited Russian military operation

Daily Mirror

Ukraine moves step closer to EU membership as it is granted candidate status

President Volodymyr Zelensky said it was ‘the first step on the EU membership path that’ll certainly bring our victory closer’

The Independent UK

European Commission backs Ukraine for EU candidate status

Commission gives a fast-tracked opinion on membership of the bloc before a summit of EU leaders on June 23-24.

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The Guardian - UK

International investigators visit war-torn areas near Kyiv – as it happened

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Reuters

EU backs Ukraine's membership bid to 'live the European dream'

The European Union gave its blessing on Friday for Ukraine and its neighbour Moldova to become candidates to join the bloc, reaching out deep into the former Soviet Union for what would be a major geopolitical shift following Russia's Ukraine invasion.

Tribune News Service

Ukraine, Moldova set to get initial EU nods on membership path

The European Commission plans to recommend that Ukraine and Moldova be granted candidate status in a symbolic step forward in the lengthy process to become members of the European Union.

France 24

Ready for the EU? Leaders in Kyiv pledge arms, candidate status for Ukraine

What does EU candidate status for Ukraine really mean, and what have Europe's leaders really offered Volodymyr Zelensky? In the end, it was more just than a photo op. On a visit to Kyiv, Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz, Mario Draghi and Klaus Iohannis backed the idea of Ukraine joining the…

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Evening Standard

European leaders support fast-tracking Ukraine’s bid to join EU

European leaders have said they support Ukraine’s bid to join the European Union during a visit to Kyiv on Thursday.

Radio France Internationale

France, Germany, Italy and Romania back Ukraine's bid to join EU

French president Emmanuel Macron on Thursday pledged his support for Ukraine's campaign to join the European Union. His backing came during a visit to the country with the leaders of Germany, Romania and Italy.

Reuters

Italy wants to see Ukraine as part of EU, Draghi says in Kyiv

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Thursday the main message of his talks in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the leaders of France and Germany was that Italy wants to see Ukraine as a part of the European Union.

Los Angeles Times

Top European leaders visit Kyiv amid fierce Russian attacks in the Donbas

TORETSK, Ukraine — The leaders of the European Union’s three most influential countries arrived in Ukraine on Thursday in one of the biggest displays of support for the beleaguered nation after four months of Russian assault.

Al Jazeera

Divisions over EU policy persist as top leaders visit Ukraine

While Macron, Scholz and Draghi show solidarity, the bloc remains divided on how to confront Russia.

Reuters

Kremlin hopes EU leaders will not only discuss weapons in Kyiv visit

The Kremlin said it hoped the leaders of France, Germany and Italy would not only discuss weapons supplies in their visit to Kyiv on Thursday, but rather to "push President [Volodymyr] Zelenskiy to take a realistic look at the state of affairs".

The Guardian - UK

Scholz, Macron and Draghi vow support for Ukraine’s EU bid on Kyiv visit

Symbolic visit of German, French and Italian leaders comes as Russia continues attacks across country

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