(Ottawa) “We’ll see how it goes”: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was stingy with comments on Monday in reaction to the breakthrough of the far right in the legislative elections in Italy.
Posted yesterday at 5:22 p.m.
Italy has become the second European country, after Sweden a few days ago, to see a far-right party achieve such good results.
But this time, we are dealing with a country that is a member of the G7.
How would the Group of Seven welcome Giorgia Meloni to its table?
“We’ll see how it goes,” said Prime Minister Trudeau.
“We have worked, in recent years, with Italian governments with different approaches and several different governments at the G7 which have given more or less challenges”, he also pleaded during a brief scrum before Question Period in the House.
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The politician at the head of Fratelli d’Italia, a party that the European media describes as “post-fascist”, has the majority in Parliament with her allies Matteo Salvini, of the League (anti-immigration), and Silvio Berlusconi of Forza Italia (right).
The Canadian Prime Minister’s Office did not issue a statement congratulating the Italian politician.
In fact, at the time of this writing, of all the G7 leaders, only British Prime Minister Liz Truss had hailed her.
“Congratulations to @GiorgiaMeloni for his party’s success in the Italian elections. From supporting Ukraine to tackling global economic challenges, the UK and Italy are close allies,” she wrote on Twitter.
The politician at the head of Fratelli d’Italia, a party that the European media describes as “post-fascist”, has the majority in Parliament with her allies Matteo Salvini, of the League (anti-immigration), and Silvio Berlusconi of Forza Italia (right).
If she finds herself at the helm of a divided coalition, the chances are pretty good that the 45-year-old politician will become the first post-fascist leader of a founding country of Europe. His party won 26% of the votes cast.
The various political parties will discuss in the coming days with a view to forming a government, which will see the light of day at the end of October at the earliest. The Italian Parliament is due to meet for the first time on October 13.
Meanwhile, Giorgia Meloni wanted to reassure, promising to govern “for all”.
The next G7 Summit will be held in Hiroshima, Japan next May.
The member countries of the group are Germany, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.
With Agence France-Presse