Rome | Italy’s next prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, issued a stark warning to Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT) that he risked losing influence in any new government over his friendship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as she asserted a strong pro-NATO, pro-European position about Russia’s war in Ukraine.
“Italy will never be the weak link of the West with us in government,” Ms Meloni said in a statement late on Wednesday.
