“We will govern for all Italians”: the head of the Italian extreme right Giorgia Meloni, in a speech during which she claimed victory in Sunday’s legislative elections, setting herself up as the probable future prime minister, tried to reassure in the face of concerns expressed at home and abroad.
After Sweden, the extreme right is taking a new step in Europe, where for the first time since 1945 a post-fascist party is on the verge of power.
By remaining in opposition to all successive governments since the 2018 legislative elections, Fratelli d’Italia (FdI) has established itself as the main alternative, going from 4.3% to a quarter of the vote, according to initial projections. , becoming the first party in the peninsula.
“The Italians have sent a clear message in favor of a right-wing government led by Fratelli d’Italia,” reacted Giorgia Meloni, thus affirming her ambition to become Prime Minister.
A “violent and aggressive” campaign
After a campaign marked by “violent and aggressive” debates, Giorgia Meloni dedicated herself to offering Italians a speech of unity and appeasement.
“We will govern for all” Italians, he promised. “We will do it with the aim of bringing people together,” she added.
The coalition that it forms with the other far-right eurosceptic party, Matteo Salvini’s League, and Forza Italia, Silvio Berlusconi’s conservative party, would collect around 43% of the votes, which guarantees it an absolute majority of seats, both in the Chamber of Deputies and in the Senate.
The formation founded at the end of 2012 by Giorgia Meloni with dissidents from Berlusconism is ahead of Enrico Letta’s Democratic Party (PD, left), which failed to arouse a useful vote to block the extreme right and is below 20% , in a context of low participation (64.07%, compared to 73.86% in 2018).
The vice president of the PD, Debora Seracchiani, recognized the “victory of the right led by Giorgia Meloni”, which marks “a sad night for the country”.
Source: BFM TV
