Meloni's Algeria Visit: Italy's African Ambitions Beyond Gas

• Italian PM Giorgia Meloni's second visit to Algeria highlights the nation's growing importance in Italy's foreign policy.
• The bilateral relationship is multidimensional, covering agriculture, industrial investment, training, and digital cooperation, though gas remains central.
• Algeria supplies 36% of Italy's pipeline gas imports, a dependency deepened by energy security concerns and issues with Qatar's LNG supply.
• Italy's Mattei Plan aims to boost African development, secure energy, and manage migration, with success in Algeria depending on tangible knowledge transfer and industrial partnerships.
• Beyond energy, Meloni's agenda included migration control, combating human trafficking, and discussing Sahel security and Libyan instability.