Italy’s first female PM is also the first to govern from the far right in decades. Has Giorgia Meloni’s agenda changed in power? Where did her politics come from? And why has Italy had 68 governments since World War II?
Garbatella is one of Rome’s more unusual suburbs. While much of the city dates back to ancient times, this district was built from scratch just over a century ago. Originally designed to house workers at nearby factories, it’s a warren of terracotta-coloured apartment buildings with cascades of greenery, balconies strewn with washing, charming public squares, stone stairs and the odd fountain.
an ‘extraordinary metaphor for man and his world’ and often identifies her cause with Tolkien’s Prince Faramir.”at a political gathering, earnestly uttering a quote that has followed her to this day, describing Benito Mussolini as “a good politician”. At 29, she won a seat in the Italian Chamber of Deputies, one of the two Italian houses of parliament, and became its youngest-ever vice president.
Mussolini’s comeuppance was not, however, the end of fascism in Italy. Support for his nationalist ideology lingered, underpinning the rise of a new far-right political party, the Italian Social Movement as early as 1946, the year Italy voted in a referendum to eliminate the monarchy, propelling King Umberto II into exile in Portugal, and to reinstitute a republic.
‘The success of the party is certainly due to the political charisma and skills of Meloni … but also to the openings afforded by the Italian political system.’ Some observers believe Meloni has become a popular figure not because she embodies far-right nostalgia but because she has managed to shift her party away from the unelectable fringe and towards the centre right, where Berlusconi’s death last year left something of a power vacuum. “If Giorgia Meloni plays her cards well, she can fill in that political gap for years to come,” says Abbondanza.
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