Meloni at the Meeting today: her debut as prime minister will focus on foreign policy and budget.

It will be Giorgia Meloni 's first speech as Prime Minister at the Rimini Meeting .

"Meeting with the Prime Minister," the program reads. The leader of the Brothers of Italy party, introduced by Foundation President Bernhard Scholz , will take the microphone on the Rimini stage at 12:00 for a lengthy speech: forty minutes that will mark the restart after the summer break between Greece and Puglia.

The discussion should revolve around two key aspects: international scenarios— the faltering peace negotiations in Kiev , the unsustainable humanitarian situation in Gaza, the US-EU trade deal—and domestic politics. With an eye to the upcoming autumn, amid pending legislation and budgetary decisions.

Specifically, the leader may refer to new measures for families, a topic dear to the Communion and Liberation audience. Before or after her speech, the prime minister will tour the Rimini fairgrounds to meet with organizers and volunteers.

Meloni last attended the event in the summer of 2022, as leader of the Brothers of Italy party, during the election campaign that would have brought her to Palazzo Chigi in October. It wasn't a solo speech, but a panel discussion with other center-right and center-left leaders, including Democratic Party Secretary Enrico Letta, Meloni's main challenger in the latest general election.

At 5:30 PM, at the closing of the event, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini will also arrive for a meeting on infrastructure. The Prime Minister has never addressed the diplomatic incident with France, sparked by Salvini's insults toward Macron , which culminated in the summoning of Italian Ambassador Emanuela d'Alessandro to the French Foreign Ministry. It remains to be seen whether the event in Romagna will be a chance for lunch or a photo opportunity.