Post-fascist Giorgia Meloni was officially named Prime Minister on Friday October 21, becoming the first woman to hold the post in Italy, reports Politico Europe. Less than a month after the victory of her Fratelli d’Italia party in the legislative elections, she was welcomed for more than an hour by President Sergio Mattarella, who asked her to form a government.
He must be sworn in on Saturday and Parliament must vote on confidence on Tuesday.
The far-right leader, 45, will thus take the lead “of the country’s most right-wing government since World War II”note the BBC. It includes the League, the far-right party of Matteo Salvini, and Forza Italia, the center-right party of Silvio Berlusconi, “the 86-year-old former prime minister who for several days has been at the center of a controversy over two leaked recordings underscoring his pro-Putin views and shaking the coalition.”
The right-wing coalition emerged triumphant from the September elections, with 44% of the vote, led by Meloni’s party, Fratelli d’Italia, which obtained 26% of the vote.
A little feminized “low profile government”
Apart from Ms Meloni herself and vice-presidents Matteo Salvini and Antonio Tajani, the list of men and women who will lead Italy “contains few personalities with a CV of great political weight”relieves The country. The Spanish newspaper, which mentions a “low profile government”also observes that it is not very feminized: only one ministry out of four will be headed by a woman, six portfolios out of twenty-four.
Among them, highlights the BBCFamily and Birth Minister Eugenia Roccella, who described abortion as the “dark side of motherhood”. “And the new minister for regional affairs, Roberto Calderoli, is well known in Italy for having compared the first black minister of the Italian government to an orangutan”the channel is alarmed.
Giorgia Meloni “succeeds a very different leader”Mario Draghi, who had been responsible for leading a country that was struggling to emerge from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the economic crisis, traces the British media.
“His team must immediately roll up their sleeves and work to the deadlines, especially on the budget, which must be sent to Europe for approval before the end of the month, and the recovery plan, the program of economic aid from the European Union after the pandemic”warns Politico. Most “ [sa] priority will have to be to tackle the cost of living crisis exacerbated by soaring energy prices and rising interest rates, which are weighing on Italy’s heavy public debt.”