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In the last few days Giorgia Meloni has been in full end of year mode, and the tone has been strikingly dark. In a Christmas gathering with staff in the courtyard of Palazzo Chigi, captured by Italian broadcasters and reported by outlets ranging from the Associated Press video service to Euromaidan Press and Caliber.az, she thanked her team, called them a family, and then dropped the line that is now ricocheting through Italian politics: “The past year has been tough for all of us, but dont worry, because next year will be even worse.” According to the International Business Times, that grim quip is being read less as a joke and more as a warning about debt, weak growth, and geopolitical tensions that could define 2026 and, biographically, it marks a shift from her earlier upbeat, sovereignist optimism to a leader preparing Italians for prolonged austerity and confrontation.

In the same speech, as noted by AP-based coverage and Caliber.az, Meloni urged her staff to rest properly over Christmas because they will need all their strength to “continue to give responses to this extraordinary nation,” underscoring her preferred image as tireless captain of a besieged crew rather than a distant technocrat. At the same time, she quietly reversed course on a plan to auction off state gifts, including items received from foreign leaders, after the chosen auction house was linked in Italian media reports to an ongoing investigation; according to AP and other Italian press summaries, the auction, valued around 800,000 euros, has been scrapped, a small but telling episode in her evolving relationship with transparency, ethics, and symbolism in office.

On the European stage, Euronews reports that just days earlier in Brussels she emerged from the European Council claiming satisfaction with a compromise to finance Ukraine that she said rests on a solid legal and financial basis, while backing a delay to the controversial EU–Mercosur trade deal. In calls reported by Euronews and Brazilian outlet Globo, Brazils President Lula said Meloni assured him she is not against the deal in principle but needs time to calm Italian farmers and her own coalition, a balancing act that could shape both her economic legacy and her credentials as a new power broker between Europe and the Global South.

Meanwhile, Italys market regulator Consob has announced new action against fraudulent online “clone sites” spreading fake investment videos that misuse Melonis image, a reminder, in a dry regulatory press release, of just how valuable and vulnerable her personal brand has become.

There are, as always, plenty of rumors online about deeper coalition rifts and leadership ambitions, but major outlets have not verified any imminent threat to her position, and current polling discussed by International Business Times still places her as the dominant figure in a fragmented field, likely to complete the legislature.

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