Meloni pledges to meet mayors from all parties, not only centre-left
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she will hold talks with mayors across Italy, rejecting a request to meet only centre-left leaders.
Giorgia Meloni announced she intends to engage with mayors from every political affiliation, countering a proposal from Naples mayor Gaetano Manfredi and nine other centre-left officials. She suggested using the State-Cities Conference as the appropriate venue for such discussions. Manfredi, who also chairs the national mayors association ANCI, had implied the premier was unwilling to converse with the group of ten centre-left mayors.
Why it matters
It signals the government's willingness to cooperate with local leaders regardless of party, affecting national-local policy coordination.
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