The Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni announced this Sunday his candidacy for the next elections to the European Parliamentwhich will take place between June 6 and 9. The far-right will try in this way to boost support for her Brothers of Italy party, although she would not occupy any seat if elected.
The elections will be a key test for his coalition, which has already been in power for 18 months.
“We want to do in Europe what we did in Italy, create a majority that brings together the center-right forces and send to the left to the opposition“said the president at a conference held in the coastal city of Pescara to present the policies of the EU and launch the campaign.
Regarding the reasons for his candidacy, he explained: “I do it because as well as president of Brothers of Italy I am also one leader of the European conservatives who want to play a decisive role in the change of course of European politics,” he stressed.
Giorgia Meloni’s rise to power: criticism of the European Union and a speech against the left
Meloni, whose party has its roots in the fascist group of Benito Mussolini, He called for Italy to leave the euro zone when he was in oppositionand your choice in 2022 aroused concern in some European capitals.
The axes of his campaign to come to power in Italy were based on criticism of the European Unionstrong questioning of the “LGBT lobbies” and what he described as left-wing politically correct rhetoric.
Despite her radicalized speech, since she became Prime Minister, she has followed a pro-European and Orthodox lineespecially in matters of foreign policy, for example in the conflicts in Ukraine or the Middle East.
His party is the most popular in Italy, with 27% support, according to the latest polls, ahead of the Democratic Party (PD), with about 20%, and the leftist 5 Star Movement, with 16%.
Source: Ambito
