Also, in Friday’s edition: Meloni’s challenger, Christine Lagarde, Cyprus

You’re reading Rapporteur on Friday 3 July. This is Nicoletta Ionta in Cork – where Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin is hosting Ursula von der Leyen today for the traditional start-of-presidency visit as Dublin takes the helm of the EU Council presidency.

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