Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will receive the German Chanman Cellor Frederick Merz in Rome on Saturday.
Merz is traveling to the Italian capital on the occasion of the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV on Sunday and will use bilateral meeting opportunities with Meloni at the program in Vatican.
Merz is a member of the Orthodox Christian Democratic Union Party. Meloni is Italy’s first woman Prime Minister since World War II and has strong conservative views on the issues of discovery as a migration.
After the media report, Merz’s visit states that the German government has reduced the importance of diplomacy with Italy, which caused a stir in Rome.
On Thursday, orthodox German daily World The initial draft of the new German government coalition agreement listed Italy as an important partner and a member of an extended European axis, with France and Poland.
However, in the final agreement, Rome is no longer mentioned in this context. The agreement for the coalition partner of the newspaper, the center-top Social Democratic Party (SPD), Merz, allegedly insisted on change.
A member of the SPD, Lars Klingbill, who serves as the Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister, will be accompanied by Mars on a trip to Italy.
Many high -ranked Italian politicians have expressed displeasure over the news.
However, a German Foreign Office spokesperson denied the report, sting said Italy was welcome as a member of the Veerm Plus format, an extension of the Vimer Triangle Diplomatic Forum with representatives from Germany, France and Poland.