Can Meloni always get what she wants?

As leaders convene for the second day of the EU summit in Brussels, the spotlight is on Giorgia Meloni’s latest chess moves.

So far, the Italian prime minister has successfully leveraged her exclusion from the EU top job talks to reinforce her party’s Eurosceptic narrative and position herself as a champion against the EU’s elitism. But how is her strategy playing out in Brussels?

In this episode, host Giada Santana and Euractiv Italy’s Alessia Peretti discuss what Meloni wants from the European Council’s meeting and what she is likely to get.