Italy is a parliamentary republic with a head of government - the prime minister - appointed by the president and a head of state - the president. The Parliament is composed of 2 houses: the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic.

Italy is a member of the eurozone since 1 January 1999 and of the Schengen area since 26 October 1997. There are 75&nbsp;members of the European Parliament from Italy.

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Giuseppe CONTE, Italian Prime Minister, is the seventeenth EU leader to debate the future of Europe with MEPs, in plenary session in Strasbourg.

The Europeans want the EU to change. This is why the European Parliament is taking the leadership over a reform of the EU.

Parliament set out its vision for the future of Europe in three resolutions voted in plenary session on 16 February 2017. MEPs suggested, among other things: turning the Council of Ministers into a genuine second legislative chamber, and its configurations into preparatory bodies similar to Parliament’s committees, appointing an EU finance minister and giving the EU Commission the power to formulate and give effect to a common EU economic policy, backed up by a euro-area budget, and creating a fiscal capacity consisting of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and specific additional budgetary capacity for the euro area, funded by its members as a part of the EU budget.

Debate on the Future of Europe with Giuseppe CONTE, Italian Prime Minister

The president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, is in Rome to celebrate the anniversary of Alcide De Gasperi’s passing. In honour of the noble father of Christian Democracy, the foundation that bears his name is organizing a series of events to be attended by Italian and foreign institutional guests.

The 2024 was decreed “De Gasperi year” by the De Gasperi Foundation, established in 1982 to gather the legacy of the Italian statesman. On the 70th anniversary of his death, a commemorative event has been organized at the Chamber of Deputies in Rome to be attended by, among others, the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, participates at the Commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Alcide De Gasperi's Passing

Commemoration marking the 6th anniversary of the 2018 Strasbourg terrorist attack

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Rome (Italy) - Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the passing of Alcide de Gasperi

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Rome (Italy) - Private audience with His Holiness Pope Francis

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Rome (Italy) - Meeting with Giorgia MELONI, Italian Prime Minister

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, to Verona (Italy) - G7 Speakers conference

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, to Verona (Italy) - G7 Speakers conference - Bilateral Meeting with Mike JOHNSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States of America

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, to Verona (Italy) - G7 Speakers conference - Bilateral Meeting with Ruslan STEFANCHUCK, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Antonio TAJANI, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy

European elections 2024 - Ambiance shots of polling stations in Italy

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Antonio TAJANI, Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Raffaele FITTO, Italian Minister of European affairs

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, receives the International Bonifacio VIII Award for a Culture of Peace

Roberta METSOLA, EP President participates at the Italy-Africa Summit - A bridge for common growth in Rome, Italy

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Palermo (Italy) - Speech at Gonzaga campus

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Palermo (Italy) - Inauguration of the New Academic Year at the University of Palermo.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Palermo (Italy) - Visit of the tomb of Giovanni Falcone

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Palermo (Italy)-  Visit to the Museum dedicated to Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, meets with his Holiness Pope FRANCIS in Rome. Credit: Vatican Media

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Rome - Private audience of Roberta METSOLA, EP President with His Holiness Pope FRANCIS: arrivals and extracts from the meeting

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, is in Rome, speaking at the Commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Alcide De Gasperi's passing, by Fondazione Gasperi. Address by Roberta METSOLA. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the passing of Alcide de Gasperi: address by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, is in Rome, speaking at the Commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Alcide De Gasperi's passing, by Fondazione Gasperi. Welcome speech by Lorenzo FONTANA, President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the passing of Alcide de Gasperi: welcome speech by Lorenzo FONTANA, President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies

Roberta METSOLA, EP President commemorates the 70th Anniversary of the Passing of Alcide de Gasperi in Rome, Italy.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Rome - Participation to the commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the passing of Alcide De Gasperi: arrival and statement

This news item shows extracts from the official meeting between Roberta METSOLA, EP President, and Giorgia MELONI, Italian Prime Minister, at Palazzo Chigi. The footage includes the arrival, welcome and roundtable.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Rome - Meeting with Giorgia MELONI, Italian Prime Minister: arrival, welcome and roundtable

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, visits the Consulate General of Italy in New York where she meets with Antonio TAJANI, Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Together they participate in an event - "Sport Made in Italy: a tool for growth". European Parliament President Roberta Metsola is in New York for the 2024 United Nations General Assembly.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, to New York (United States) - Meeting with Antonio TAJANI, Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs: extracts from the address to "Sport Made in Italy: a tool for growth"

This news item shows excerpts from Italian voters arriving at polling stations, casting their ballots, and engaging in civic duty in Piacenza (Italy). The European elections take part in Italy on 8-9 June 2024. Anyone aged 18 or over is eligible to vote. Voters will elect 76 Members of the European Parliament as in 2024. Citizens in the EU Member States elect their representatives to the European Parliament during the European elections of 6 to 9 June. The newly elected Members, representing EU citizens until 2029, meet in July to elect their President, Vice-Presidents and Quaestors. They decide on the composition of Parliament's standing and sub committees - thereby launching the new legislative term.

European elections 2024 - Ambiance shots of polling stations in Piacenza (Italy)

The video shows a polling station in front of the Colosseum, in the historical city center of Rome (Italy). It is the largest ancient amphitheater ever built, construction began in 69 AD, and is still the largest standing amphitheater in the world, despite its age. The Colosseum is a renowned symbol of Imperial Rome and was listed as one of the New 7 Wonders of the World. Citizens in the EU Member States elect their representatives to the European Parliament during the European elections of 6 to 9 June. Hundreds of millions of people across 28 member states vote for the members of Parliament they want to take Europe forward over the next five years, making the European Elections the largest transnational democratic exercise in the world.

European elections 2024 - Ambiance shots of polling station near the Colosseum in the historical city center of Rome (Italy)

This news item shows excerpts from Italian voters arriving at polling stations at the Cattolica University in Milan and casting their ballots. In addition, it includes exterior shots of the city of Milan (Italy), including the Milan Cathedral, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Equestrian statue of Vittorio Emanuele ll, and Sforza's Castle. The European elections take part in Italy on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 June 2024. Anyone aged 18 or over is eligible to vote. Voters will elect 76 Members of the European Parliament as in 2024. Citizens in the EU Member States elect their representatives to the European Parliament during the European elections of 6 to 9 June. The newly elected Members, representing EU citizens until 2029, meet in July to elect their President, Vice-Presidents and Quaestors. They decide on the composition of Parliament's standing and sub committees - thereby launching the new legislative term.

European elections 2024 - Ambiance shots of polling stations at the Cattolica University in Milan (Italy)

The video shows a polling station inside an elementary school, in the seaside town of Terracina (Italy), near Rome. The European Elections are the largest transnational democratic exercise in the world. Hundreds of millions of people across 27 member states vote for the members of Parliament they want to take Europe forward over the next five years.

European elections 2024 - Ambiance shots of polling stations inside a school in Terracina (Italy)

The video shows Nicola PROCACCINI (ECR, IT), ECR group Leader voting in Terracina (Italy). Citizens in the EU Member States elect their representatives to the European Parliament during the European elections of 6 to 9 June. Hundreds of millions of people across 27 member states vote for the members of Parliament they want to take Europe forward over the next five years, making the European Elections the largest transnational democratic exercise in the world.

European elections 2024 - Nicola PROCACCINI, ECR group Leader voting in Terracina (Italy)

On 8 and 9 May, landmark buildings across the EU will be illuminated to mark Europe Day and “one month to go” to the last day before voting. This new item shows illuminations of the Arco della Pace and Sforza Castle in Milan (Italy).

European Elections 2024 - "One month to go": Illuminations in Milan (Italy)

EP President Roberta METSOLA, receives the Boniface VIII International Prize City of Anagni 2024 – XXII Edition - “for a culture of peace” at Europa Experience in Piazza Venezia. She delivers a speech with the Mayor of Rome Roberto GUALTIERI. The Bonifacio VIII International Prize for a culture of Peace, City of Anagni, 2024 is awarded to the President of the Parliament from the Bonifaciana Academy "for her high political, diplomatic, cultural and social skills worthy of a true stateswoman in service of Europe and the world". The prize was awarded in its previous editions to the presidents of the European Parliament David Sassoli, Antonio Tajani and Jerzy Karol Buzek.

Boniface VIII International Prize City of Anagni 2024 – XXII Edition - “for a culture of peace” to Roberta METSOLA, EP President, in presence of Roberto GUALTIERI, Mayor of Rome and Italian MEPs

After the parade that took place in Acca Larentia street in Rome on 7 January, marking the 46th anniversary of the killing of three neo-fascists in the Italian capital, in which participants gave fascist salutes, MEPs debate on how to prevent neo-fascism from resurfacing in Europe. Closing statement by Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs.

Fight against the resurgence of neo-fascism in Europe, also based on the parade that took place in Rome on 7 January: closing statement by Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs

After the parade that took place in Acca Larentia street in Rome on 7 January, marking the 46th anniversary of the killing of three neo-fascists in the Italian capital, in which participants gave fascist salutes, MEPs debate on how to prevent neo-fascism from resurfacing in Europe. MEPs debate

Fight against the resurgence of neo-fascism in Europe, also based on the parade that took place in Rome on 7 January: MEPs debate

After the parade that took place in Acca Larentia street in Rome on 7 January, marking the 46th anniversary of the killing of three neo-fascists in the Italian capital, in which participants gave fascist salutes, MEPs debate on how to prevent neo-fascism from resurfacing in Europe. Opening statements by Hadja LAHBIB, Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs and and Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs. The transcription is the result of an automatic process. Please, check against delivery.

Fight against the resurgence of neo-fascism in Europe, also based on the parade that took place in Rome on 7 January: Opening statement by Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs

Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, attends an exchange with students at the Gonzaga institute during her official visit Palermo.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Palermo (Italy): visit to Gonzaga Campus Palermo and exchange with students

Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, meets with Giorgia MELONI, Italian Prime Minister, during her official visit to Rome (Italy). This news item shows extracts from the bilateral between the two Presidents.

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