Before the Italian head of government took office three months ago, there were great fears that she could lead the country away from the EU. But the post-fascist acts quite pragmatically.
Rome. When Giorgia Meloni became Italy’s Prime Minister, the shock in the EU was great: What would the post-fascist do with the third largest EU country? Three months after she took office, things have gone quiet. Meloni has arrived in the harsh reality of being a head of government.
The right-wing nationalist recently had to defend a decision for the first time that is not only expensive for her voters, but against which she herself had polemicized for years from the opposition. At the beginning of the year, Meloni ended the tax rebate on petrol that her predecessor had introduced to cushion the rise in petrol costs due to the Ukraine war. The outraged gas station operators now want to stop working. It is the first strike in Meloni’s tenure.