Italy's Rising Diplomatic Status Amid Economic Headwinds GUEST NAME: Lorenzo Fiori Lorenzo Fiori details Italy's enhanced diplomatic role, noting that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been invited to the Israel-Gaza peace agreement signing. Italian cara
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🗓️ 11 October 2025
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Italy's Rising Diplomatic Status Amid Economic Headwinds
Lorenzo Fiori details Italy's enhanced diplomatic role, noting that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been invited to the Israel-Gaza peace agreement signing. Italian carabinieri are already training local police near the Rafah border. Meloni has friction with French President Macron over migration policy and Africa. Italy's production index has fallen below mid-2021 levels due to weak internal demand and the highest energy costs in Europe. Mr. Trump restored Columbus Day, and AC Milan owner Cardinale received honorary Italian citizenship.
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| 0:00.0 | This is CBS I on the World. I'm John Baxter. I welcome Lorenzo Fiore, my colleague who helps me understand |
| 0:13.3 | Italy in this time of transition from summer to fall. And there's a word for it that we'll get to soon enough. |
| 0:23.0 | I'm learning Italian word by word thanks to Lorenzo. We begin, however, with spectacular geopolitical |
| 0:29.1 | news. Georgia Maloney, the firebrand Rome origin prime minister of Italy in her job longer than, I think, expectations of any |
| 0:40.3 | Prime Minister since the Second War, is now to be invited, is invited, and will attend |
| 0:47.0 | the signing of the agreement between Israel and Gaza and the region for peace in Gaza Strip. |
| 0:54.7 | This is a significant event. |
| 0:56.8 | It's upcoming, but at the same time, there's more. |
| 1:00.0 | Lorenzo, a very good day to you. |
| 1:01.5 | Georgia Maloney is to be involved in the signing, |
| 1:04.3 | but she is already participating by order of her legislature and her executive. |
| 1:10.9 | You tell me that the Italian police are already in the region helping. |
| 1:15.4 | How are they doing that? |
| 1:16.4 | Good evening to you. |
| 1:18.3 | Good evening, John, and good evening to the radio listener. |
| 1:21.6 | Yes, the policemen, our carabini, which is the military police, one of the four armed forces of Italy, are already in Rafa. |
| 1:32.0 | I think they are doing some training to local police in order to prepare them for the reopening of the Gaza border, of the Rafa border, to allow the in-bond and outbond from the Gaza Strip. |
| 1:49.5 | I think this is an important achievement. |
| 1:52.0 | That means that Italy is a part of whatever is around the agreement of peace. |
| 1:58.8 | And that's why our foreign minister confirmed this morning that |
| 2:02.1 | Georgia Meloni has been invited by Egypt to attend the ceremony of the signature. |
| 2:08.1 | And this is an important achievement, in my opinion, this is, again, another sign that |
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