France and Italy are pushing back on a US-led arms initiative, but their reasons go deeper than meets the eye. This was ...

On July 16, media outlets Politico and La Stampa reported that both France and Italy have chosen not to participate in a new NATO-led initiative designed to finance the delivery of American weapons to ...

France and Italy have refused to participate in Donald Trump’s plan to send US-made weapons to Ukraine.

Trump on Monday said the United States would ship "billions of dollars' worth" of military equipment to NATO members, paid for by the alliance, to be handed over to Ukrainian forces battling grinding ...

Italy will comply with a new NATO spending target of 5% of gross domestic product on defence and security, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Monday, but it will take 10 years to do so and ...

Italy will meet NATO's 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) target on defence spending this year through a series of accounting changes, Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said at a parliamentary ...

The NATO Mediterranean Strike 25 began on May 5, in the Ionian Sea and involving nine NATO countries: Canada, France, Italy, Portugal, Norway, Spain, Türkiye, UK and the United States.

ROME — Boosting defense spending is a task for all NATO members willing to close gaps with allies, ministers from historic low-spenders Italy and Germany said on Friday, following a ...