Once ostracized, Italy’s Meloni is now center stage in Europe
When Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took power in 2022, far-right parties across Europe hailed her victory, expecting the fiery new leader in Rome to pursue a nationalist agenda and battle the Brussels bureaucracy.
But rather than clash with the European Union elites, Meloni surprised friend and foe alike by working closely with them, presenting herself as a bridge between the mainstream center-right and her own arch-conservative camp, which was previously shunned.
Her influence might grow in the wake of next month’s EU elections, if, as she has hinted, she backs center-right Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for a second term.
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