POLITICS_ Meloni Criticizes Efforts to Remove Columbus Day in Message to Italian Americans

THE EPOCH TIMES 

Meloni Criticizes Efforts to Remove Columbus Day in Message to Italian Americans 

‘They seek to cancel our culture. They are wrong,’ the Italian Prime Minister said.

President Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni shake hands as they pose for a photo at a world leaders' summit on ending the war in Gaza, on October 13, 2025 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Suzanne Plunkett - Pool / Getty Images 

Emel Akan 
Reporter 
10/19/2025|Updated: 10/20/2025 


WASHINGTON—In a message to Italian Americans on Oct. 18, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni defended Columbus Day, the U.S. federal holiday celebrated on the second Monday of October that has stirred controversy. She criticized what she called “woke culture,” saying that efforts to eliminate the holiday undermine the legacy of Italian Americans in the United States. 

“I know that there are forces that seek to divide us, to redefine our history, and to tear down our shared traditions. They call it ‘woke culture.’ They seek to cancel our culture. They are wrong,” Meloni said in a video message to this year’s National Italian American Foundation gala dinner. 

Echoing recent comments from U.S. President Donald Trump about Columbus Day, the Italian prime minister said, “To try to erase Columbus Day is not just an attack on a statue or a date on the calendar; it is an attempt to erase the foundational history of Italian Americans and to deny their hard-fought place in the tapestry of this nation.” 

“We will not let them do it. Columbus Day is here to stay!” she said. 

This year’s black-tie dinner marked the 50th anniversary of the foundation, a nonprofit that represents more than 20 million Italian Americans living in the United States.

On Oct. 9, Trump signed a proclamation reinstating Columbus Day as a national holiday to honor the legacy of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. 

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