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