ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has opposed European Union plans to raise 800 billion euros ($870 billion) in defence spending, undermining the bloc's show of strength in the face of Russian aggression and Donald Trump's indifference. The European windfall was proposed by the president of the [...]
General of the Army Corps Giovanni Maria Iannucci, Inter-Forces Summit Operations Commander (COVI) and former Commander of the Folgore Parachute Brigade, recently concluded an institutional mission in Djibouti and Somalia. A visit of great strategic importance that confirms the commitment of the Italian Armed Forces to the security and stability of the Horn of Africa. The visit [...]
According to Global Firepower's 2025 report, Italy ranks tenth among the world's military powers, surpassing many other European nations and ranking just behind France in the European community. This position reflects a balance of land, naval and air forces, combined with a robust defence strategy and military spending in [...].
When I joined the Folgore in 1999, a saying circulated in the corridors of the cold dormitories of the Bandini barracks in Siena: 'A paratrooper officer will never make a career. Impossible to see an amaranth beret at the top of the armed forces'. They were talking about Gen. C.A. Franco Angioni, who in the mid-1990s came to be National Director of the [...].
