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In Italy, as the European elections approach, gastronationalism is gaining ground in response to standards, which Giorgia Meloni and her government believe would threaten Italy’s culinary heritage. Are these accusations founded?
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In Italy, as the European elections approach, gastronationalism is gaining ground in response to standards, which Giorgia Meloni and her government believe would threaten Italy’s culinary heritage. Are these accusations founded?
As the European elections approach, the big favorite Giorgia Meloni is on conquered ground in Rome. Among the main campaign themes of the Italian Prime Minister, the defense of Italian culinary identity. “We must defend our food sovereignty”, she proclaimed during a meeting on June 1st. The subject ignites his supporters. “Italy has the best food in Europe”estimates one of them. “We don’t need this Chinese stuff”, adds another voter, castigating European policy. But is Europe really endangering traditional Italian products?
For months, the far right in power has presented itself as the best defense of Italian food against the European Union. Even if it means falling into exaggeration and misinformation. In the Meloni government’s sights, synthetic meat, banned in the country even though it had not yet been marketed and was only in the research phase. Another enemy, the nutri-score, which notes the nutritional quality of a product and would target Italian culinary heritage. An attack that is pure fake news, because the nutri-score does not specifically target Italian products.
