Giorgia Meloni takes office as prime minister of Italy
She leads the most right-wing government since the war
A reason commonly given by voters for choosing Giorgia Meloni and her Brothers of Italy (FdI) party in last month’s general election was her consistency. In her eight years leading the party, she had never wavered in her advocacy of hardline conservative policies, even resisting the lure of office in 2021 by refusing to join Mario Draghi’s outgoing government of national unity.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Enter Giorgia”
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