“Giorgia Meloni’s victory can only be partially linked to those of the right in other European countries, because there is also a specific Italian”. The historian of the University La Sapienza of Rome, Andrea Mammone, reflects in these terms on the result of the elections. “In my opinion – explains the historian, who for over a decade taught at the Royal Holloway, University of London, an expert in right-wing movements – this result is primarily the result of a transfer within the center-right coalition, because in any case many votes that first they went to Forza Italia, then they passed to the Northern League and now to Brothers of Italy. Furthermore, part of the political staff who once was in Forza Italia, especially in some areas of the south, are now joining the Brothers of Italy “.
“Then there – he underlines, speaking with Adnkronos – the question of the great fragmentation, in Italy, of the forces that had to oppose the center-right. This helped to win the elections to the coalition, which I would not call center-right, but of extreme right, because in reality the only more or less moderate force is Fi, that is the third party of the coalition. According to the opposition then, Meloni was able to play a lot on the fact of being free from the schemes “.
If there is an Italian specificity, it is also true that these right-wing forces have been taking votes in other countries for some time, Mammone points out. “There are actually structural problems of the left and center left at the European level because some center-left forces, having approached Tony Blair’s famous ‘Third Way’, have become much more liberal, and in doing so they have abandoned a large chunk Which necessarily entails a poor reading of reality: because while we observe a polarization of the electorate in many countries, we are witnessing at the same time a run-up to the center. And thus entire sections of the electorate are abandoned. Now, for example, they have voted. in part certainly for Meloni and a good percentage will probably have voted for the M5S. There is therefore a structural problem of the center left which in recent decades has been struggling to understand where to place itself from an ideological point of view “.
“On Meloni’s international policy, Mammone thinks that” it is difficult today to predict precisely what the approach will be. Throughout the election campaign he has tried to address mainly foreign partners and international markets, making it clear that he will have a certain type of approach, following the guidelines of Europe, the Atlantic Pact and so on “.
“What will happen then in reality we cannot know because it has been shown that not necessarily being part of a political coalition that leads a country leads to effective moderation – he underlines – The League of the government with the M5S has shown that there is no it was no kind of moderation but a radicalization of propaganda and relations with the EU. So it is very difficult to know today what will happen. There is a potential risk of confrontation “.
“In any case, the question of this coalition – he concludes – shows the hypocrisy of the EPP, which for years has allowed Orban to be an important member and now enthusiastically supports Silvio Berlusconi who is part of a coalition in which there is little pro-European and moderate. Before criticizing the EU it should be self-critical “.
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