How will Giorgia Meloni of far-right Fratelli Italy govern? On Tuesday she will make a statement, and a decisive vote is also pending. News ticker.
- Europe looks at Italy’s new Prime Minister Meloni: The post-fascist will present her government program on Tuesday.
- vote of confidence in Italy’s House of Representatives: Approval for the Fratelli d’Italia politician is considered certain.
- Meloni’s ministerial selection already gave a foretaste: Cabinet between moderation and hardliners.
- This news ticker on the constitution of the government in Italy is continuously updated.
Update Oct 25 10:22pm: In her first speech in her new office in front of the House of Representatives in Rome, Italy’s new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni committed herself to Europe – and distanced herself from fascism. “Italy is fully part of Europe and the western world,” said the leader of the far-right Fratelli d’Italia (FDI) party on Tuesday. In migration policy, she announced measures against illegal immigration.
As expected, the evening after her speech, Meloni won the first vote of confidence in the House of Representatives. The second vote of confidence follows on Wednesday in the Senate, the second chamber of the Italian parliament. The right-wing alliance – which, in addition to Meloni’s FDI, includes Matteo Salvini’s right-wing nationalist League and long-time Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia – has an absolute majority in both chambers after the parliamentary elections a month ago.
Meloni assured that Italy did not want to “slow down or sabotage” European integration. Rather, she will advocate that the EU become more effective in dealing with crises. “Italy will comply with European rules,” said the 45-year-old. However, Rome wants to help “change the rules that don’t work”.
Update from October 25, 4:05 p.m.: In her government statement, Italy’s new ultra-right head of government, Giorgia Meloni, tried to dispel concerns about a tough, possibly even openly fascist, course. She also had a message ready for a part of the country that had recently been partly worried: Meloni stretched out her hand towards South Tyrol. Before the election, around seven-year-old quotes from the Fratelli politician had been circulating. In 2015 she had declared that anyone who does not identify with Italy and its flag should emigrate to Austria.
“For the province of Bolzano, we will deal with the restoration of the autonomy standards that led to the dispute settlement before the United Nations in 92,” Meloni said portal stol.it according to. This means that the Prime Minister does not want to curtail South Tyrol’s autonomy, but rather expand it again.
In South Tyrol, the statement fell on open ears. The South Tyrolean People’s Party (SVP), which dominates there, now wants to abstain from the vote of confidence instead of voting against Meloni. “This is an important step,” said SVP chairman Philipp Achammer noisy suedtirolnews.it With. MP Dieter Steger also stated that Meloni’s list of ministers included “personalities with whom we have worked in the past”.
Meloni surprises in government statement: “No sympathy for fascism”
Update from October 25, 2:10 p.m.: In her first government statement, Giorgia Meloni also distanced herself from fascism. She “never felt any sympathy or closeness to anti-democratic regimes. Not for any regime, not even for fascism,” she said in Rome on Tuesday. “Likewise, I have always considered the racial laws of 1938 to be the low point of Italian history, a disgrace that will mark our people forever.”
The statements could come as a surprise: Meloni joined the youth organization of the Movimento Sociale Italiano (MSI) at the age of 15, a party founded by fascists after the Second World War. In 2012 she then founded the Fratelli d’Italia party, which still has a flame in its symbol that is reminiscent of Mussolini’s grave. Meloni repeatedly emphasized that she was proud of the coat of arms. As a teenager, she said in an interview on French television in the 1990s that Mussolini was a “good politician”.
Speaking in Parliament, she said: “The totalitarianisms of the 20th century tore apart all of Europe, not just Italy, for more than half a century in a series of atrocities that affected most European states. Atrocities and crimes committed by anyone deserve no justification and are not compensated by other atrocities and other crimes. There are no comparisons at the abyss: you just fall into it.” Under dictator Benito Mussolini, the fascists issued a number of ordinances in 1938 through which Jews in the country were harassed, persecuted and ultimately deported.
Update from October 25, 12:10 p.m.: The new Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni made a commitment to Europe in her first speech in her new office in front of the Parliament in Rome. “Italy is fully part of Europe and the western world,” said the leader of the far-right Fratelli d’Italia party.
Meloni assured that Italy did not want to “slow down or sabotage” European integration. Rather, she will advocate that the EU become more effective in dealing with crises. The right-wing foreign policy expert also emphasized that Italy would “continue to be a reliable NATO partner” and would support Ukraine towards Russia. Their coalition partners Lega and Forza Italia, in the person of Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi, had fueled doubts about this course. Salvini sat next to Meloni during the speech.
Meloni presents her program – her ministerial selection gives the first clues
preliminary report: Rome – The change of government in Italy is taking shape: the post-fascist Giorgia Meloni took office as Prime Minister at the weekend. On Tuesday morning (October 25, 11 a.m.) she will make her first government statement in parliament. The date is eagerly awaited. The politician from the far-right Fratelli d’Italia has not made any public statements after her election victory at the end of September.
Vote of confidence in Rome’s House of Representatives: Approval for Meloni is considered safe
In the House of Representatives, the larger of the two parliamentary chambers in Rome, Giorgia Meloni is likely to give an outlook on the work of her new government for the first time. A vote of confidence is planned for Tuesday evening (7 p.m.). Approval is considered certain, since Meloni’s legal alliance has a majority in parliament. The second necessary vote of confidence in the Senate is scheduled for Wednesday.
Meloni had already presented her cabinet at the weekend. Some observers interpreted the ministerial selection as a sign of more moderate politics. Many offices are occupied by more experienced and less radical politicians – at least in those areas that attract more attention abroad.
Meloni’s selection of ministers already gave a foretaste: the cabinet between moderation and hardliners
Former EU Commissioner Antonio Tajani (Forza Italia) has taken over the Foreign Ministry. The Ministry of Finance and Economy went to Giancarlo Giorgetti, a Lega politician who was considered liberal. Forza Italia boss Silvio Berlusconi, who was plagued by ongoing proceedings, was unable to win over the Ministry of Justice for his party. The Minister for Regions is Carlo Calderoli, who advocates federalism, which brought relief in South Tyrol.
Nevertheless, some personal details in the Melonis cabinet also caused criticism. For example, anti-abortion activist Eugenia Roccella acts as family minister. The defense department is headed by Guido Crosetto, a former head of the Italian defense industry association. And Calderoli is also known for racist statements and is therefore controversial. In 2008, for example, the politician explained that some “ethnicities” are more likely to work than others to crime. (fn/dpa)
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