A page was turned in Italy yesterday when Georgia Meloni assumed her duties as prime minister, the day after she was sworn in as Italy’s most right-wing prime minister since 1946.
Mario Draghi, who led the Italian government in February 2021, handed over power to the leader of the far-right Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy) party at Chigi Palace, the seat of government, in front of the first government. session took place.
The European Union, led by the heads of the three main bodies, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel and European Parliament President Roberta Mezzola, expressed willingness to “cooperate” with Meloni’s government on Saturday, and Meloni thanked European leaders, saying: ” She is ready and enthusiastic to work with them.”
The Italian newspaper La Stampa on Sunday headlined “Meloni, first appearance in Europe”, while the newspaper Corriere della Sera wrote: “Meloni: to work with pride.”
Meloni and her 24 ministers were sworn in Saturday morning at the Quirinale presidential palace in Rome in front of President Sergio Mattarella, promising to “respect the constitution and the laws.”
Meloni, 45, won a historic victory in Italy’s September 25 legislative elections and managed to polish the image of her neo-fascist Fratelli d’Italia party and come to power exactly a century after fascist dictator Benito Mussolini came to power. in her country, which Meloni had previously expressed her admiration for.
Meloni faces a difficult task as Italy, the euro zone’s third economy, is facing a difficult economic situation like other European countries due to the energy crisis and inflation, and Meloni also has to keep his fractured coalition together.
