JD Vance from Meloni to Palazzo Chigi: 'With her negotiations on tariffs also with the EU'

On the other hand, the risk of fibrillation exists. Salvini is the only one to have positions on Ukraine similar to those of the US, anti-Zelensky and pro-Putin. And he certainly shares the Euroscepticism that Vance has not failed to display in the first months of the Trump administration, with his repeated attacks on the EU: from the Munich speech to that message sent in the Signal chat where the editor of The Atlantic had mistakenly ended up - "I hate having to save Europe again," he had written about the Houthi threat, recalling that "3% of US trade passes through Suez. 40 per cent of European trade does' - until the words spoken just three days ago in an interview with the British website UnHeard. The message was clear: De Gaulle - he recalled - "loved the United States" but "recognised what I recognise, which is that it is not in Europe's interest, and it is not in America's interest, for Europe to remain a permanent vassal of the US for security".

Meanwhile, the joint statement released by the White House after the bilateral between Donald Trump and Meloni reads that "the United States and Italy stress that the war in Ukraine must end and fully support President Trump's leadership in brokering a ceasefire and ensuring a just and lasting peace."

Another passage is dedicated to the web tax. "We emphasise the importance of information technology in fostering free enterprise overseas. We agreed," it reads, "on the need for a non-discriminatory environment in terms of taxation of digital services to encourage investment by cutting-edge technology companies."

Giorgia Meloni's mission to Washington, according to sources in Brussels, conveyed positive feelings among the European Commission's top management. The White House meeting, the same sources learn, was 'a useful opportunity to build further bridges' with the Trump administration 'while respecting the different roles, as Meloni herself has already stated'. The sources add that contacts between the Commission and the US will continue at a technical level in the coming days.

US Vice President JD Vance wrote in 'X' that he had "had a fantastic meeting with Prime Minister Meloni and her team" in Rome. "I will soon be going to church with my family in this beautiful city," he added, saying he was "thankful every day for this work, but especially today when my official duties took me to Rome on Good Friday." Vance then wished "all Christians around the world, but especially those in the United States, a blessed Good Friday. He died that we might live'.

"The meeting provided an opportunity to discuss trade issues and the main dossiers of current international politics, starting with the efforts for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine". This was reported in a note from Palazzo Chigi on the meeting between Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and US Vice President J.D. Vance, which continued with a working lunch attended by Deputy Prime Ministers Antonio Tajani and Matteo Salvini. 'The conversation,' the communiqué explained, 'made it possible to emphasise the excellent relations that bind Italy and the United States, also on a cultural level, and, at the same time, the common determination to strengthen cooperation in the areas of security, economic growth and technological development, as outlined in the joint statement adopted on the occasion of President Meloni's recent meeting in Washington with US President Donald J. Trump.