MELONI A NEW RISING STAR OF INTERNATIONAL POLICY
By: Vincenzo Caccioppoli
Tags: Trump, Italy, Giorgia Meloni, Policy

MELONI A NEW RISING STAR OF INTERNATIONAL POLICY

If even the bible of Anglo-Saxon journalism, which certainly cannot be defined as sovereign or right-wing, dedicates an article to her in the latest issue to certify the growth of her and her party, it really means that perhaps a new star has really been born in Italy under the gray sky of Italian politics of the last twenty years. A few days later another historic English online political newspaper, Politico.eu, which was very popular in the upper echelons of Brussels and in the European chancelleries, had included the leader of Fdi (together with Prime Minister Conte) in the list of 28 European personalities who characterized this ominous year that is about to end. "As the newly crowned leader of the European far right, Giorgia Meloni seems destined to spread her ability to destroy without self-destructing on the Continent." The English newspaper places her in the particular list of "disruptor", that is scrap dealers (who knows what envy Renzi ..) preceded only by the Russian patron of Telegram Pavel Durov and the European Commissioner for the French Internal Market Thierry Breton.

The newspaper defines it as a polite, coherent and charismatic policy, with some flaws such as the defense of the Polish and Hungarian veto to EU funds for recovery, which in the end was resolved with nothing, as expected "and the describes as the de facto leader of the Italian center-right, with all due respect to Matteo Salvini, who is not on the list, and who seems to be beginning to suffer a little too much from these continuous certificates of esteem at the international level of his ally. For example, the invitation received by meloni in November 2019 at the most important convention of the American Republican party, in the presence of the (almost ex) American president Donald Trump, which certainly did not please the leader of the League too much, since in vain he sought an overseas shore with Trump, during the 4 years of his presidency. It is no coincidence that the authoritative magazine The Times had included the national Giorgia, among the twenty most influential personalities of 2020, the only Italian to have the honor of a place in the special ranking of the British newspaper .

A few months ago then she arrived the election as president of the European group of conservatives Ecr, thanks to the fine diplomatic work of the two Brothers of Italy MEPs, Carlo Fidanza and Raffaele Fitto, the first woman and first Italian politician to have the honor and the burden of leading a party European. As it is in her style, perhaps this is also a characteristic that distinguishes her from other politicians, who have always been very boastful and full of herself, she shields herself and goes straight on her way, which is to build a party that can sooner or later lead her to govern, who knows if as a leader, as some are ready to bet. In short, Giorgia Meloni seems that in a few months she has conquered not only the Italian limelight but also and above all the European and international one, which is even more flattering, considering that she is a woman and without government offices. For once, our country and its political class, which has always lacked credibility and consideration at the international level, can count among their ranks a politician who receives certificates of esteem from abroad. Her work based on consistency and firmness, but also on a preparation that few Italian politicians can equal, seem to pay and place her in a prominent position in the Italian political panorama. Everyone wavers to receive visibility for themselves and their garden, as the fake crisis opened by renzi is there to demonstrate, while she does not seem interested in the certificates of esteem and the pat on the back, but in building around her valid troop of faithful companions, an alternative project of government of the country.

The polls seem to reward it, beyond the international certificates of esteem. The small Fdi has grown enormously, becoming by now the third political force in the country, following Zingaretti’s Pd, something that only a year ago would have been very difficult to imagine. On the other hand, she has always said it and heralded it, her mantra is to pursue Italian interests, without ifs and buts, and this leads her not to give up an inch even in the face of decisions, such as that of joining the Mes Sanitary, which perhaps may seem incomprehensible (for those who are not familiar with the European stability mechanism and its controversial and ambiguous conditionalities). His program is clear and defined and never slips away, even when the coalition allies seem instead to veer towards more conciliatory positions with the government, such as Berlusconi on the Mes, or Matteo Salvini in his attempt to join the guerrilla opened by the other Matteo . And this ultimately pays off in Italy, but especially abroad, where Italian politicians have always been accused of inconsistency and long-term lack of vision. In fact, it is difficult to see her fall into the flattery traps that power undoubtedly has over every Italian politician. For her, power is a means and not an end, as it should be, but unfortunately for many too many years the opposite has been true in Italy. " I am not interested in power itself and in offices, I am interested in doing things for the good of Italians. " she said in a recent interview. In Italy, perhaps they have not yet noticed it (apart from perhaps Salvini, who in addition to being very far-sighted is also very good at weakening opponents) but abroad it is said that in the European chancellors more than one has asked for information on this terrible girl from Garbatella, with whom he should have to deal very soon, and for sure it won’t even be a walk in health for them.