Here's what to expect from Italian PM Giorgia Meloni's first trip to Brussels

"From everything we've seen so far, Meloni will try to signal that she is going to be assertive but not disruptive and that she can build a constructive relationship with the EU institutions," Luigi Scazzieri, a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform (CER) told Euronews.

"Her main ask is going to be greater joint EU efforts to cope with energy costs - following in [former Italian Prime Minister Mario] Draghi's footsteps. To that end, she is likely to try to push for minor changes to Italy's EU recovery plan, to devote more of it to dealing with higher energy costs," he added.