Australian Prime Minister Albanese responded to questions from media, the Australian Financial Review (gated) , on Saturday.

  • will attend Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration mass in Rome
  • will meet with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the sidelines
  • will renew leader-level discussions for an Australia-European free trade deal
  • Australia would not strike a deal with the EU “at any price”
  • but, “We’re up for a deal that’s in Australia’s national interest”
  • Albanese pointed to the Australia-UK free trade deal as a template for a good deal
Albanese

Negotiations for a free trade agreement with Europe stalled in 2023.

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