Right-wing populism in Italy

GRANADA - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in Grenada on Thursday.

Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, welcomes his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Thursday. Meloni is visiting the Greek capital to discuss the stability pact and migration. [Thanassis Stavrakis/AP]

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will pay a working visit to Athens on Thursday.

Meloni will meet with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for a working dinner and, according to government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis, bilateral and regional issues and European agenda issues will be discussed. The dinner is scheduled at 7 p.m.

The European Union should allow more legal migration into its borders to stop people trafficking, Italian President Sergio Mattarella said on Friday, amid a surge in arrivals by sea to his country.

Tusk was referring to a law change that would relax visa requirements for citizens from a number of countries including India, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates and Nigeria in order to address shortages in the labour market.