Giorgia Meloni has put together a coalition and, barring a pretty extraordinary constitutional hurricane, will be nominated as Italy's next prime minister. But then what? Here are a few things she will want to do soon.
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Ms Meloni is, by nature, a Eurosceptic, but I don't see any chance of her pushing Italy towards leaving the EU. What she will want is a"more political and less bureaucratic" EU that does less to tie her hands, especially over economic plans. She may well want to grow the debt, which Brussels won't like. She'll criticise that as unnecessary interference.
Like lots of other politicians, Giorgia Meloni has discovered that strong, relentless rhetoric on the perils of immigration - and especially unauthorised immigration - is a vote-winner. So she said that the Italian Navy should be sent to the coast of North Africa to intercept boats; this is a plan few consider feasible. Her coalition partner Matteo Salvini is even more anti-migrant, so the coalition's supporters are expecting action.
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