Who will come to power in Italy in a few months? After the political crisis which cost the head of government Mario Draghi his post, the next legislative elections in Italy are scheduled for the end of September. Until then, the resigning Prime Minister and his team will continue to manage day-to-day affairs.
And the next elections which are already smiling at the right-wing coalition given at the top of the polls. But it is no longer Matteo Salvini, long darling of the Italian right, who has the favor of voters, but Giorgia Meloni of the post-fascist party Fratelli d’Italia. She has become the favorite political personality of Italians, just after Mario Draghi.
Giorgia Meloni joined the Front de la jeunesse, an organization inherited from fascism, at the age of 15. She became its youngest minister, then she created her own movement, Frattelli d’Italia, ten years ago.
She made him the favorite in the polls today, and the evening of the fall of Mario Draghi, the 45-year-old politician was already at a campaign meeting. “Do not be afraid, she says to her constituents. Do not be frightened by the interested declarations of certain Europeans who come to explain to us that it is irresponsible to vote in Italy… It is because they are worried! It is the basis of having a government that seeks its own interests and not those of another.“Close to Hungarian President Viktor Orban, she defends an ultra-nationalist line, and she wants to defend Italian identity, her homeland and her religion against Islam.
“Don’t be afraid to do what your conscience tells you and what is said in the newspapers, in one-sided TV debates.”
Giorgia Meloniat a meeting
Indeed, it is already worrying Brussels and the European chancelleries. So his ally, Forza Italia, seeks to reassure. “I remind you that Forza Italia is a liberal, pro-European, Atlanticist party… says Antonio Tajani, the number 2 of Silvio Berlusconi’s movement. We have said it over and over again and we have always demonstrated it with our votes. So we are really a guarantee for Europe, for the United States on the international scene.“
In any case, if her party wins the elections, Giorgia Meloni says she is convinced that her coalition will give her power.