Giorgia Meloni won the election in Italy with reactionary positions. Nonetheless, the West is deliberately trying to get close to the right-wing populists – which the Chancellor is underlining with his visit to Rome. There are reasons for the delicate cooperation.
If it gets stormy at all on this trip, then before landing, around noon. Olaf Scholz is approaching Rome, the government plane is only hovering a few meters above the concrete when the pilot suddenly pulls the plane up again. The wind is too strong, the runway too short – so the chancellor has to do another lap over the Italian capital. It works on the second try.
Otherwise, things remain calm, which is exciting, because politically the wind often blows in Italy. Scholz traveled to Rome to meet with Giorgia Meloni, the woman whose electoral victory last year sent parts of Europe into moderate shock.
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