Le Pen’s lead is seen as positive for Giorgia Meloni and the ECR group’s role in the EU, according to Italian media.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has not yet done so no public comment after the victory of Marine Le Pen’s far-right party in the first round of the French elections, this weekend. However, other political authorities have not been slow to speak out.
The first to react to the news in Italy was the right-wing Matteo Salvini, historically Le Pen’s political ally. He congratulated her, while she took the opportunity to criticize the french presidentEmmanuel Macron.
The French elections condition the position of the Italian Government
Enrico Letta, representative of the Democratic Party, the main opposition political party in Italy, declared that the attitude of the Italian Government in Europe depends on the result of the french electionsand added that the Le Pen’s expected victory In the first round he pushed Meloni to abstain from the vote at the EU summit, to approve Ursula von der Leyen as a candidate for re-election as president of the European Commission.
Despite Meloni’s silence, information appearing in the Italian newspaper ‘La Repubblica’ suggests that he would have preferred a clearer victory of Marine Le Pen in this first round of voting to destabilize the balance of power in the European Union. Meloni would have complained if he had been excluded from conversations to decide the appointments of senior EU officials.
Following the diary ‘Il Giornale’, Le Pen’s life story is considered positive for Meloni and the role of the ECR in the EU, which could favor his objective of get a high position in the Commission, for Italy.
