US Vice President JD Vance met with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome ahead of celebrating Easter at the Vatican and a meeting with the pope’s right-hand man. Meloni shares far-right views with Vance and President Donald Trump, whom she met in Washington just a day before on a charm offensive aiming for a US-EU tariffs deal. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24’s Jennie Shin welcomes Arturo Varvelli, Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and Head of ECFR Rome.