A Meloni win could push Italy out of the EU

Giorgia Meloni

Was Minister for Youth and Sport in Silvio Berlusconi’s cabinet.

How many governments has there been in Italy that were said to mean the end of monetary union, or at least the ruin of the EU’s third largest economy? There were many: It began with Silvio Berlusconi, one of the first great populists of postmodernism, and also one of the first European Donald Trumps, many years before Trumpism finally entered the White House. There were governments with the participation of Matteo Salvini, the right-wing nationalist who despised the bureaucrats in Brussels as much as the common currency.

Now, for the first time, a woman named Giorgia Meloni has the best chance of becoming Italy’s first female prime minister. She is no less populist, she presents herself no less spectacularly as a brave fighter against Brussels, Berlin, international financial investors or refugees from Africa. A woman from the people for the people. A woman who senses the true will of the people and intends to enforce it against the powerful establishment.

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