Find out more about Italy’s political system, economy and trade figures, its representation in the different EU institutions, and EU funding it receives.

Italy is a founding and leading member of the European Union, and is part of numerous international institutions, including NATO, the G7 and G20, the Latin Union and the Union for the Mediterranean.

Essential for the actual birth of the institutions of the EU was the Schuman Declaration on 9 May 1950 (the day after the fifth Victory in Europe Day) and the decision by six nations (France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, West Germany and Italy) to …

9 FEBRUARY 2016 – In Rome, the Foreign Ministers of the EU Founding Member States (Italy, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) reconfirm their commitment to Europe and the European project, inviting all other Member States to join them.

3 days ago · The Ministers of Foreign Affairs meet in Brussels. Italy is represented by Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio...

As a founding country, Italy has accompanied the process of European integration in all its stages, making Rome an essential crossroads in the history of the construction of European unity.

Sep 26, 2022 · Here's what a Meloni government in Italy could mean for the EU. The far-right victory in Italy's elections is likely to translate into Rome joining Poland and Hungary by adopting a eurosceptic...

Feb 25, 2019 · ECFR’s EU Coalition Explorer last year identified the country’s top three EU priorities: immigration and asylum; fiscal and eurozone governance; common border police and coastguard.

Sep 26, 2023 · Italexit is a portmanteau of "Italy" and "exit," is the Italian version of Brexit where the EU's third-largest economy would potentially leave the European Union (EU). It may also go by the...

As European integration started again to be a contentious issue in domestic politics, so declined Italy’s influence. In more recent years: despite Italy’s formal status as a “big” member of the EU, Rome became less relevant than Madrid in EU decision making procedures.