The leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy party, Giorgia Meloni, anti-European and nationalist, has the concrete possibility of being the prime minister of Italy after the elections on September 25, which has shaken half of Europe.
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The 45-year-old admirer of Mussolini, favorite in all the polls, who has remained in opposition throughout the legislature, known for her direct and effective language since her years as a student leader in Rome, would also become the
first woman to reach the head of government.
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The veteran politician, a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2006, has not mince words to criticize the outgoing government of national unity led by the prestigious economist Mario Draghi.
It was in effect the only force that opposed his coalition for 18 months, which It has favored him to collect the discontent of Italians in the face of inflation, war and restrictions due to the pandemic.
“We had three different governments, three different majorities, but they didn’t work. Because the only governments that work are those that have a majority with a shared vision,” Meloni said while celebrating Draghi’s resignation in Rome’s iconic Piazza Vittorio on Thursday.
The departure of the former president of the European Central Bank, who had to resign after losing the support of three allies, opens the way for a representative of post-fascism to win the elections to be held in September.
Matteo Salvini’s far-right League and Silvio Berlusconi’s moderate right-wing Forza Italia have teamed up with Brothers of Italy to achieve victory, which according to polls would add 48% of the vote.
A victory that for many observers would change the face of Italy, since it would call into question its position on the European Union, as it advocates a review
of its treaties and even by its replacement by a “confederation of sovereign states”.
However, Brothers from Italy is a member, along with the Poles from Law and Justice and the Spaniards from Vox, of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group, which, although viewed with suspicion, are not considered pariahs by the current Commission European.
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The Italian writer and actor Moni Ovadia, a famous anti-fascist personality, recently recognized Meloni’s “capabilities” in a television interview, but admitted that he fears that with her the many far-right movements and formations that have historically supported her will be legitimized.
Recently the historic leader of the Casa Pound neo-fascists, Simone Di Stefano, known for his violent demonstrations against immigrants, announced his move to the ranks of Fratelli d’Italia.
Many of the party’s cadres and leaders have a controversial past due to their connections to fascism and neo-fascism, and several of them give the fascist Roman salute in private gatherings.
Can they become the ruling class of the EU’s third largest economy? The newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano is questioned, which has published this Friday an investigation into the recycling and corruption scandals in which mayors and councilors of Brothers of Italy are involved throughout the peninsula.
Founded in 2012 after the failure of the People of Liberty, the project with which Berlusconi wanted to bring together the entire centre-right, Brothers of
Italy is the son of Gianfranco Fini’s National Alliance and grandson of the Italian Social Movement, Italy’s post-fascist party of the second half of the 20th century.
Meloni, who has worked hard over the years to build a profile as a serious and popular leader, published last year her autobiography entitled “Io sono Giorgia. Le mie radici, le mie idee” (I am Giorgia. My roots, my ideas), in which he explains the importance of defending the family, the homeland, religious and sexual identity.
She concludes with these words: “I am Giorgia. I am a woman, I am a mother, I am Italian, I am a Christian. They will not take it away from me.”
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*With information from AFP
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