Giorgia Meloni is at the gates of power. The head of the Italian extreme right, after her victory in the legislative elections this Sunday with 43% of the votes collected, the coalition that she forms with the other far-right eurosceptic party, the League of Matteo Salvini, should become the first woman president of the National Council of History.
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.
A success for this 45-year-old politician, who is very concerned about the image of her party, even abroad. As proof, a video posted on YouTube where she exposed, in French, English and Spanish, some of her political ideas during her last campaign. Fratelli d’Italia owes its success both to the “cleansing” wind blowing over the peninsula and to the charisma of its leader.
“The rational face of right-wing populism”
In international right-wing circles, Giorgia Meloni has already gained a certain stature. In September 2022, she was elected President of the European Conservative and Reformist Party (ECR Party) in the European Parliament.
Across the Atlantic, she was even recognized by Steve Bannon, a former adviser to Donald Trump, as “the rational face of right-wing populism,” she reports. Marianne. In 2019 she was invited to the Congress of American Conservatives, in the same way as Marion Maréchal or the British Nigel Farage.
This 45-year-old Roman who as a young activist claimed to admire Mussolini managed to demonize his image and unite in his name the fears and anger of millions of Italians in the face of rising prices, unemployment, threats of recession or at the expense of public services.
A journey that began very young
Giorgia Meloni’s political career began very early. Beginning in the 1990s, he became involved in the Italian Social Movement, a far-right organization, as well as its successor, the National Alliance.
She was first elected as a deputy in 2006, in the Lazio region, where Rome is located. She entered the government of Silvio Berlusconi in 2008 and held the position of Minister of Youth. In late 2012 she co-founded the Brothers of Italy party, of which she was elected president in 2014.
It is with this party that he allied himself, in 2018, with Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi, ahead of the elections. Re-elected to Parliament but removed from government, her party quickly gained popularity, while the right-wing coalition went through a succession of political crises.
demonization company
Since then, Giorgia Meloni has worked on her leadership posture. She moderated several of these positions, in particular on the European Union. She has also distinguished herself by taking a very Atlanticist position in the face of Russian aggression in Ukraine, reports France 24.
His program combines economic liberalism, social conservatism, pro-natalist politics and anti-immigration positions. Returned to her initial career in a neo-fascist party and heiress to Mussolini, Giorgia Meloni also wants to demonize her image.
“Freedom is for us the most precious asset. We orient our historical judgment according to this compass. Several decades ago, the Italian right wing relegated fascism to history and unambiguously condemned the deprivation of democracy and the infamous anti-Jewish laws”, explains the president of Brothers of Italy on YouTube.
With 43% of the votes, which guarantees him an absolute majority of seats in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, his right-wing coalition will thus take control of the country.
Source: BFM TV
