The post-fascist party led by Giorgia Meloni

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The post-fascist Fratelli d’Italia party, led by Giorgia Meloni, won the legislative elections this Sunday in Italy, according to exit polls. An unprecedented event since 1945.

Fratelli d’Italia won between 22 and 26% of the vote, while its coalition partners, Matteo Salvini’s far-right League and Silvio Berlusconi’s conservative Forza Italia party, won between 8.5 and 12 respectively. 5% and between 6 and 8% of the votes, according to the poll by the Opinio institute for Rai.

Participation down

However, the election did not arouse massive mobilization at the polls. Participation was down sharply this Sunday in Italy. According to the Ministry of the Interior, the turnout was 50% at 5 p.m., down eight points from the 2018 legislative elections.

The decline is particularly marked in the southern regions of the peninsula (-12 points), which had massively contributed to the victory four years ago of the 5 Star Movement, an anti-system formation yet credited with having established in 2019 a ” minimum citizen income” for the poorest.

“Today, you can help write history”

At only 45, Giorgia Meloni could therefore take the helm of a coalition government in which the far right would largely dominate the classical right.

“Today you can help write history,” she had launched to her followers on Twitter on Sunday morning. On TikTok, she posted a video where she poses with a melon in each hand obscuring her chest, playing on the meaning of her name.

Once the final results are known, Giorgia Meloni could thus become the first Italian “president of the council” and the first post-fascist head of government in a founding country of the European Union.

Ex-fan of Mussolini

This ex-fan of Mussolini, whose motto is “God, fatherland, family”, succeeded in demonizing her party and catalyzing on her behalf the discontent and frustrations of her compatriots by resolutely opposing the government of national unity. by Mario Draghi.

But to hope to have room in parliament, Giorgia Meloni will need his allies, Matteo Salvini’s League and Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia, which according to pollsters have both lost ground to his advantage.

Once formed, the future government will have to manage the crisis caused by soaring prices, a colossal debt representing 150% of GDP, the highest ratio in the euro zone behind Greece, and obtaining the approximately 200 billion euros granted by the EU as part of its recovery plan in exchange for reforms.

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