Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, while running the eurozone's third-largest economy successfully, is being seen as the 'acceptable' face of the far-right. This article explores her political maneuvering, including courting EU leaders and aligning with Donald Trump's ideology, raising concerns about her anti-democratic tendencies.
Worldview: Meloni is not bringing Italian post-fascism back to the centre ground and moderating it, but is polishing up a dangerous anti-democratic throwback. Italy 's prime minister Giorgia Meloni has been running the third-largest economy in the euro zone successfully for over more than two years and is carving out a niche as the 'acceptable' face of the far right. Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty Images, who described her as “great” and a “real live wire” with “a lot of energy”.
He has invited her to his inauguration next month. For Meloni, who reportedly aspires to act as a European interlocutor with Trump – a “horse whisperer”, is how the Economist puts it – a friend at court who shares much of his politics, it was not a first encounter. She has met him several times and addressed the conservative CPAC conferences which regularly host him.” she’s doing. He provoked uproar in Italy when he denounced judges for ruling against her plans to deport immigrants to Albania. “These judges need to go,” he posted, echoing the Trumpian anti-judicial rhetoric that all three share. A most untypical Italian leader, one with longevity, Meloni has been running the third-largest economy in the euro zone successfully for more than two years and is carving out a niche as the “acceptable” face of the far right. She is breaking long-standing taboos about co-operating politically with the rising tide of ultranationalists by skilfully courting EU leaders to convince them she’s a trusted partner, unlike her troublesome political bedfellow
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