Giorgia Meloni, the head of the Brothers of Italy, was crowned the winner of the general election in Italy in 2022, making her the country’s first female prime minister.
On Sunday, Giorgia Meloni’s party achieved a historic win in the Italian legislative elections, giving the far right control of the country with the third largest economy in the European Union. The nation will soon be under post-fascist administration for the first time since 1945.
With 26% of the vote on Sunday, the Brothers of Italy party, led by Giorgia Meloni, solidified its position as the largest political force in the nation. Since the end of World War II, the outcome has never been seen before.
“If we were chosen to govern this country, we will do it for all Italians, with the will to unite the people and to focus on what unites us, not what divides us,” ahe said, in a speech shortly after the announcement. of the results. “The time for responsibility has come.”
Together with majorities in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, the right-wing coalition led by Meloni’s party received more than 43% of the vote. The far-right coalition is made up of Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia and Matteo Salvini’s Liga party, which received 9% and 8% of the vote, respectively.
Italy will be ruled by a party with neo-fascist roots for the first time since 1945. Salvini posted on Twitter, “We have a clear advantage in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
The biggest left-wing group, the Democratic Party (PD), received 19% of the vote while failing to mobilize voters to halt the rise of the extreme right.
The 5 Star Movement’s anti-system (M5E) received about 17% of the votes, which is less than the historical average of more than 30% attained in 2018, but higher than what the polls predicted.
“Exit surveys indicate that this outcome is historic. Right-wing parties in western Europe would receive the right-wing coalition’s greatest percentage of votes since 1945 “the Italian research tank Cise asserts.
Credit: AFP
