Italy's Conte Courts Trump as His Coalition Allies Bait EU
- Salvini, Di Maio raise confrontation on Brexit, fiscal plans
- Premier to present Italy as ‘facilitator’ in U.S.-EU relations
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Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is set to burnish his government’s ties with the Trump administration, after his deputy premiers stoked tensions with the European Union.
The meeting at the White House on Monday comes after President Donald Trump signed a truce in the trade confrontation with the EU last week. Yet it also comes at a time when Conte’s two political sponsors, who share Trump’s anti-establishment rhetoric, have stepped up their confrontation with European partners.