New York Times: “Dragons key leader for Biden”

The meeting between Joe Biden and Mario Draghi at Palazzo Chigi is not just an “exchange of courtesies” by the US president towards the Italian premier. The New York Times writes it, underlining that “with the departure of Angela Merkel and with Macron struggling with political difficulties, Draghi emerged as a leader of Europe and potentially as a key interlocutor for an American president who aims to keep strong alliances on the continent “. Draghi, continues the NYT, is “well known and respected” in Washington, both for his role as president of the ECB and for his collaboration with the Obama administration during the debt crisis. Although Draghi has “often” allied himself with Macron on a number of issues, he is “less bullish” than the French president on the issue of European independence and has “brought Italian foreign policy back to the United States”. For this, concludes the New York Times, Draghi “would be for Biden an influential ally within the European Union”.