Giorgia Meloni

[[File:Giorgia Meloni 2023 cropped (2).jpg|The face of a smug shit.|thumb|165px]]{{politics}}{{cquote| I am Giorgia, I am a woman, I am a mother, I am Italian, I am a Christian, and you can't take that away from me!|||Meloni giving her fascist inauguration speech.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEovvFeyWis I am Giorgia, I am a woman, I am a mother, I am Italian, I am a Christian! Europe waits Meloni!] YouTube</ref>}}

'''Giorgia Meloni''' {{lived|15 January 1977}} is the prime minister of [[Italy]], having been elected since October 2022 and becoming the first woman to hold such a position in Italy. Despite presenting herself as a [[moderate]], she has a background as a [[fascist]] political activist. She is the first [[far-right]] Italian leader and prime minister since [[Mussolini]] (and it just gets worse from here).<ref>[https://www.theglobalist.com/italy-why-meloni-keeps-her-mussolini-heritage-locked-up/ Italy: Why Meloni Keeps Her Mussolini Heritage Locked Up] The Globalist</ref>

==Early fascist career==
Meloni hails from Rome, and spent most of her life as an activist in the Youth Front, a neo-fascist political party of Mussolini youth.<ref>[https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/06/why-giorgia-meloni-wont-distance-herself-from-italys-fascist-past/ Why Giorgia Meloni Won’t Distance Herself from Italy’s Fascist Past] Foreign Policy</ref> In 1992 (when she was just 15), she joined the Youth Front and later became the leader of the Student Action, another neo-fascist group.

In her young adult years when she was an activist in the Youth Front, Meloni praised Mussolini as a great leader and an example of Italian pride and strength.<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/italys-giorgia-meloni-from-teen-activist-who-praised-mussolini-to-brink-of-power/ Italy’s Giorgia Meloni: From teen activist who praised Mussolini to brink of power] The Times of Israel</ref>

==Apologia from American conservatives==
Unsurprisingly, [[American]] rightists have praised and defended Meloni as a moderate right-wing leader, claiming that she is not a fascist.<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/sam-sorbo-italy-adolf-hitler-fascist-fascism-socialism-newsmax-tv-giorgia-meloni-1746566</ref> Meloni has also compared herself with the American [[Republican Party]] as being equally "moderate" as herself.<ref>[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/27/why-us-republicans-are-elated-by-triumph-of-italys-giorgia-meloni Why Republicans are elated by ‘triumph’ of Italy’s Giorgia Meloni] Al Jazeera</ref> This is despite the fact that there is footage of her praising Mussolini and refusing to distance herself from fascism.<ref>[https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/06/why-giorgia-meloni-wont-distance-herself-from-italys-fascist-past/ Why Giorgia Meloni Won’t Distance Herself from Italy’s Fascist Past] Foreign Policy</ref><ref>[https://socialistworker.co.uk/comment/call-giorgia-meloni-what-she-really-is-a-fascist/ Call Giorgia Meloni what she really is—a fascist] Socialist Worker</ref>

In 2024, Meloni attended CPAC in the capital of Washington DC and gave a bizarre low-energy speech to the audience. She did the typical Trump boot-licking, spewing anti-leftist talking points, and indirectly supported fascism.<ref>[https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/meloni-assures-trump-will-remain-committed-to-europe/ Meloni assures Trump will remain committed to Europe] Euractiv</ref>

==Anti-LGBT fearmongering==
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Meloni is very homophobic and transphobic. She claims that [[gay marriage]] is antithetical to "[[traditional values]]", and has also accused [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] of spreading [[LGBT]] [[propaganda]] (much like [[Ron DeSantis]]).<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/24/fears-lgbtq-rights-italy-giorgia-meloni ‘It’s a medieval vision’: fears for LGBTQ+ rights in Meloni’s Italy] The Guardian</ref> She has enacted laws limiting same-sex couples from marrying and adopting children, which limits their parental rights and prevents them from living in society.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/italian-far-right-government-limits-parental-rights-of-same-sex-couples Italian far-right government limits parental rights of same-sex couples] PBS</ref>

==Xenophobia and nationalism==
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Meloni has allowed anti-immigrant [[rhetoric]] to spread in the Italian public sphere, and has given validity to [[racist]] far-right groups.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2022/sep/24/giorgia-meloni-is-a-danger-to-italy-and-the-rest-of-europe-far-right Giorgia Meloni is a danger to Italy and the rest of Europe] The Guardian</ref> Some of the targeted groups were [[Jews]], [[Muslims]], [[Romani]], and [[African]] and [[Asian]] migrants.<ref>[https://newrepublic.com/article/168382/italy-giorgia-meloni-roma-racism Italy’s New Leaders Insist They Aren’t Fascists. Their Treatment of Roma People Says Otherwise.] New Republic</ref> Meloni has also called for a crack down on Italy's African community, beginning with anti-immigration laws and fearmongering about "African infiltrators".<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-63330850 Giorgia Meloni: Migrants' fears over Italy's new far-right prime minister] BBC</ref>

Meloni signed laws preventing immigration and creating detention centers to send immigrants and refugees to in order to prevent what they perceive as "an invasion".<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/world/europe/italy-immigration-crackdown.html Italy’s Senate Signs Off on Meloni’s Migrant Crackdown] New York Times</ref>

==Fascist relations==
In 2024, Meloni refused to call out fascist protestors who were marching on Rome commemorating the 46th anniversary of the Acca Larentia massacre in which three teenage neo-fascist activists were killed by suspected communist activists.<ref>[https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/01/13/world/meloni-italy-rome-salute-intl/index.html Video of crowd’s fascist salute in heart of Rome rattles Italy – but not its prime minister] CNN</ref>

==Stopped clock==
Despite being a fascist, Meloni is defensive of women's rights and, unlike her fans, considers herself a [[feminist]]. However, her "feminist" politics have been questioned after she attempted to limit [[abortion]] in Italy, but she still denies the antifeminist allegations nonetheless.<ref>[https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/29/giorgia-meloni-italian-women-abortion-pink-quotas Italy’s Giorgia Meloni denies she is anti-women as credentials questioned] The Guardian</ref>

Meloni has disavowed Putin and condemned the war in Ukraine, even going as far as to send aid into Ukraine.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/italys-meloni-ready-risk-unpopularity-over-support-ukraine-2023-03-21/ Italy's Meloni ready to risk unpopularity over support for Ukraine] Reuters</ref> She also called out Berlusconi when he blamed Zelenskyy for the war in Ukraine.<ref>[https://www.politico.eu/article/italy-giorgia-meloni-slams-silvio-berlusconi-over-vladimir-putin-remarks-war-ukraine/ Meloni slams Berlusconi over Putin remarks] Politico</ref>

She also called out the Iranian regime’s brutality from cracking down on protestors<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/world/irans-crackdown-protesters-unacceptable-intolerable-italy-pm-says-2022-12-29/ Iran's crackdown on protesters unacceptable and intolerable, Italy PM says] Reuters</ref><ref>[https://www.iranintl.com/en/202212296620 Italian PM Says Repression Of Protesters In Iran ‘Unbearable’] Iran International</ref> (ironically despite her former support of the Islamic regime in Iran during her days as a fascist activist).<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/italy-far-right-leader-once-hailed-hezbollah-iran-as-defenders-of-syrian-christians/amp/ Italy far-right leader once hailed Iran, Hezbollah as defenders of Syrian Christians] The Times of Israel</ref>

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