“Meloni will be certainly met by strong political opposition, both within Europe and Italy, but it will be mostly linked to her domestic policies and her attempt to be more assertive towards the EU. However, a critical stance towards China has become quite shared among most of the political forces in Italy and in the EU, and it can function as a balancer of [Meloni’s other] more controversial positions.”
Enrico Fardella (ChinaMed Project, T.wai) is interviewed on the future of Italy-China relations in the article “Italy’s prospective PM Meloni poised to shake up ties with China” on the South China Morning Post.
Head of Project
Prof. Enrico Fardella is Associate Professor of International History and Area Studies at the Department of Social and Human Sciences of the University of Naples "L’Orientale". He is Director of T.wai's ChinaMed Project.
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