Amy Kazmin
@amykazmin.bsky.social
Californian now in Rome covering Italy for "L'autorevole" Financial Times. Previously FT’s woman in New Delhi + Bangkok. UC Berkeley + LSE alumn. Mera dil hai Hindustani. I sing in the rain. #Italianpolitics #india
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni bets big on nuclear power revival—As Italian businesses and households face power bills around 30 per cent higher than the European average — due partly… www.ft.com/content/6a98... @amykazmin.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni bets big on nuclear power revival
Rural backlash against renewables that ‘spoil the landscape’ fuels support for atomic energy decades after reactor shutdowns
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Italy’s parliament backs Giorgia Meloni’s contentious electoral overhaul—Analysts say the redesign aims to strengthen Meloni’s re-election prospects against a stronger, more united opposition. www.ft.com/content/2598... @amykazmin.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Italy’s parliament backs Giorgia Meloni’s contentious electoral overhaul
Controversial new law reduces risk of a hung parliament ahead of general elections due in 2027
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Trump envoy’s tour on $450mn superyacht stirs anger in Italy—Fertitta — whose empire includes the Houston Rockets basketball team, the Golden Nugget casino business and Landry’s restaurants — is inviting… www.ft.com/content/f577... @amykazmin.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Trump envoy’s tour on $450mn superyacht stirs anger in Italy
Rome declines to reveal cost of security for billionaire businessman Tilman Fertitta’s ‘coastal diplomacy’
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Insane stuff: America's ruling family are selling faster, preferential access to Trump's market-moving posts to trading houses, positioning them to profit from them. as.ft.com/r/e763fb76-3...
Is Europe prepared for a world of extreme heat?—Climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra is due to later this year set out a climate resilience plan encompassing the entire economy, officials said, to include… www.ft.com/content/5f06... @amykazmin.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Is Europe prepared for a world of extreme heat?
In an air-conditioned Luxembourg meeting, ministers call for a ‘business case’ for coping with the world’s fastest-warming continent
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#EUPolitics: #Meloni redesigns #Italy’s election rules to stay in power, by @amykazmin.bsky.social | Financial Times www.ft.com/content/e5ce...
Italy’s Meloni accused of ‘authoritarian’ election overhaul
Opposition parties say prime minister’s proposed reforms aim to tilt next year’s general elections in her favour
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If you want to cause "massive" problems to Meloni, right when she is trying to clean up her image (tainted by too cosy relations with Trump in the past), tell Italian voters that she provided "massive" support to US operations in Iran. www.ft.com/content/f5e2...
Nato chief reveals Italy allowed US planes to use bases in Iran war
Mark Rutte puts Giorgia Meloni under pressure by disclosing Rome let 500 aircraft take off in Operation Epic Fury
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Why Giorgia Meloni turned on Donald Trump— The prime minister’s fury was apparently triggered by Trump telling an Italian journalist on Friday that Meloni had “begged” him to take a photo with her at a recent G7 summit in France. www.ft.com/content/1adc... @amykazmin.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Why Giorgia Meloni turned on Donald Trump
Italian prime minister’s fallout with US president comes as she gears up for re-election battle
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Trump is a huge liability for radical right leaders across Europe. Meloni is currently playing damage control, but she should have known better much earlier on. Aligning with MAGA was always going to come with a cost, as @amykazmin.bsky.social explains www.ft.com/content/1adc...
Why Giorgia Meloni turned on Donald Trump
Italian premier’s fallout with US president comes as she gears up for re-election battle
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Giorgia Meloni accuses Donald Trump of pandering to west’s enemies—In a social media video published on Friday, Meloni — once one of Trump’s strongest allies in Europe — rejected the US president’s account of their encounter… www.ft.com/content/f68f... @amykazmin.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Giorgia Meloni accuses Donald Trump of pandering to west’s enemies
Italian premier on offensive after US president claimed she ‘begged’ for a photo with him
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Salvini has ended up with a crisis of his own doing... @amykazmin.bsky.social of the @financialtimes.com on the rise of General Vannacci's extreme right party & what it means for both Meloni & Salvini. With comments by Lorenzo Castellani & yours truly: www.ft.com/content/0ac8...
Giorgia Meloni under fire from far-right’s ‘new Caesar’
Roberto Vannacci is luring MPs from ruling coalition and sees support rising ahead of Italy’s 2027 election
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Robert Kuzovkov, an artist who worked under the pseudonym Semyon Skrepetsky, had recently joined protests against the Putin regime. He had lived in Poland since 2021 after leaving Russia to avoid arrest. ft.trib.al/My1qeXx
How the EU’s plan to turbocharge Italy’s economy fell flat— Italy is the largest recipient of the EU’s €577bn Recovery and Resilience Facility, set up in 2021, an unprecedented joint borrowing effort… www.ft.com/content/1520... @amykazmin.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
How the EU’s plan to turbocharge Italy’s economy fell flat
Growth sluggish despite Rome being biggest beneficiary of pandemic-era grants and loans
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Pope Leo says AI ‘needs to be disarmed’—In his first encyclical letter since his elevation to the papacy last year, the US-born Pope warns… www.ft.com/content/1231... @amykazmin.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Pope Leo says AI ‘needs to be disarmed’
Pontiff warns of dangers of a technological revolution driven by ‘the idolatry of profit’
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Pope Leo warns AI revolution driven by ‘idolatry of profit’ ft.trib.al/gsOGwKH
Pope Leo warns AI revolution driven by ‘idolatry of profit’
Pontiff says it is ‘not permissible’ to entrust lethal decisions to artificial systems
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Milan’s San Siro stadium is unique. It is one of football’s most dramatic modern arenas — but both its brutal beauty and its cultural legacy are threatened. Tap here to read Edwin Heathcote's story: ft.trib.al/JW18vdx
Meloni fails to hit high note in Italy’s culture wars—While at a more modest scale, her moves echo the culture wars waged by Donald Trump, as the US president seeks… www.ft.com/content/b503... @amykazmin.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Meloni fails to hit high note in Italy’s culture wars
Opera houses, museums and Venice Biennale roiled by rightwing government’s bid to control the arts
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Italy extradites alleged Chinese spy to US—The decision to extradite Xu — who has denied the charges, and whose lawyer has claimed he was a victim of mistaken identity — comes at a moment of strain for relations… www.ft.com/content/4fc5... @amykazmin.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Italy extradites alleged Chinese spy to US
Suspect in Covid industrial espionage case handed over amid strains between Giorgia Meloni and Donald Trump
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Eni founder’s heir clashes with Meloni government over name use-Pietro Mattei’s complaint nearly three years after the policy was launched is seen as a new sign of the erosion of Meloni’s political standing, following… www.ft.com/content/7eaa... @amykazmin.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Eni founder’s heir clashes with Meloni government over name use
Italy’s ‘Mattei plan’ for Africa is part of efforts to curb migration
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Pope Leo XIV: the pontiff at war with the White House-He has displayed the unflappable demeanour of a spiritual leader with unshakeable conviction in the righteousness of his cause, a serenity… www.ft.com/content/8997... @amykazmin.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Pope Leo XIV: the pontiff at war with the White House
The Chicago-born pope has offered an alternative vision of Catholicism — and American power
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Pope Leo XIV: the pontiff at war with the White House
The Chicago-born pope has offered an alternative vision of Catholicism — and American power
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The pope versus the president: how Leo became Trump’s fearless foe—At a time when there is no single voice of opposition to Trump at home or abroad, the first US-born pope’s attack on… www.ft.com/content/4f67... @amykazmin.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
The pope versus the president: how Leo became Trump’s fearless foe
As he steps up his criticism of the Iran war, the pontiff’s American background has given him a role in US politics unlike any predecessor
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Pope Leo says he has ‘no fear’ of Trump administration—Pope Leo has been outspoken in his criticism of the US-Israeli war against Iran, describing Trump’s threat last week to wipe out Iranian civilisation as “truly unacceptable”. www.ft.com/content/5cfc... @amykazmin.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Pope Leo says he has ‘no fear’ of Trump administration
Comments from Catholic Church head come hours after US president launched scathing attack on him
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Trump says Meloni lacks courage. The real story: Meloni has a political brain - and has been distancing herself from Trump for months www.ft.com/content/284f...
Donald Trump says Giorgia Meloni lacks courage
US president turns against Italian premier despite her being one of his few remaining allies in Europe
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‘A toxic environment for children’ — inside the beauty ‘cosmeticorexia’ battle-The probe reflects European alarm at the rise in young girls who have developed unhealthy obsessions with… www.ft.com/content/a88d... @amykazmin.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
‘A toxic environment for children’ — inside the beauty ‘cosmeticorexia’ battle
Campaigners say cosmetics companies and retailers such as Sephora are increasingly targeting buyers under 18
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European airports face jet fuel shortages within three weeks ft.trib.al/3uqQ3gu
European airports face jet fuel shortages within three weeks
Industry group warns EU that reserves are running low
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Trump officials deny threatening Church over Pope Leo’s criticisms ft.trib.al/UItzDWB
Trump officials deny threatening Church over Pope Leo’s criticisms
Pope Leo XIV has become increasingly concerned over Washington’s military policies
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Trump rebukes France as tensions rise with Europe over Iran war ft.trib.al/iGpGKpi
Trump rebukes France as tensions rise with Europe over Iran war
Italy refuses US warplanes permission to refuel, adding to transatlantic divisions over conflict
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