Meloni has consolidated her position in EU says VDL

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 28 - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday reiterated her praise for Giorgia Meloni saying Italy's rightwing premier had consolidated her position in the European Union.
    Von der Leyen, who is running for a second term, stressed Meloni's important role in helping launch the new European Asylum and Migration Pact.
    She also repeated that she had "worked together" well with Meloni.
    Von der Leyen recently described Meloni as pro-European and anti-Putin and said she could see herself continuing to work with Italy's first woman premier, who leads the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group, while cautioning that she would find it harder to work with other ECR members, (ANSA).