Giorgia Meloni tipped to become the new Prime Minister

The Italian right is today at the gates of power. On Sunday morning September 25, polling stations opened across the country for this historic election. In Rome, the Italians we met this morning are well aware of the importance of this election. “A female prime minister would suit me well. But I don’t always agree with some of her ideas”, said a woman. Giorgia Meloni, 45, leader of the post-fascist Fratelli D’Italia party, is expected to become the country’s new prime minister.

A former fan of Mussolini, this pure Roman is also fiercely anti-immigration. 50 million Italian voters are called to the polls to elect 400 deputies. They will be responsible for finding a coalition to designate the Prime Minister. To hope to govern, Giorgia Meloni has allied herself with Matteo Salvini and the veteran politician Silvio Berlusconi. On the left, their main rival, Enrico Letta, played the card of unity and a European Italy. The outcome of the vote remains very uncertain, the polling stations remain open until 11 p.m.