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Giorgia Meloni has been sworn in as Italy’s first far-right prime minister since World Battle II.
Italy’s first feminine chief will head the nation’s most right-wing administration because the fascist period of Benito Mussolini.
Giorgia Meloni’s nationalist Brothers of Italy celebration gained final month’s election, together with two others. Matteo Salvini’s far-right League, and controversial former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia had been additionally within the successful camp.
Social conservatism in addition to anti-immigration and Eurosceptic rhetoric are a part of Meloni’s political attraction. She has additionally voiced anger about Italy’s struggling financial system.
However she is pledging assist for Ukraine – a stance totally different from her Russia-friendly allies Salvini and Berlusconi.
Presenter: Sami Zeidan
Visitors:
Valerie Fargion – Affiliate professor of political science on the College of Florence
Alberto Tonini – Affiliate professor of worldwide historical past and power politics on the College of Florence
Theresa Fallon – Senior fellow on the Chicago Council on World Affairs and former member of the Strategic Advisors Group to NATO