Italian experts believe Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s party, Brothers of Italy, could set an example for other right-wing political forces, including Marine Le Pen’s National Rally.
According to a recent poll, Italians believe that French President Emmanuel Macron has done the right thing by calling early elections as a consequence of the poor result it obtained in the European elections. Only a small minority, 20% of them, are concerned about the rise to power of the extreme right in France.
Some of the people ‘Euronews’ met on the streets of Rome do not seem to agree. Make comparisons between Italy and France seems inevitable.
“See this turn to the right it’s worrying. France is not the only country that does it,” said a woman when asked by ‘Euronews’ on the street.
Italian experts believe that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s party, Brothers of Italy, could set an example for other right-wing political forcesincluding the National Group of Marine Le Pen.
“I think it is clear that the Italian government views Macron’s weakening positively. Added to that, I think other right-wing parties They could follow Meloni’s example. Despite continuing to be a right-wing party, your party is not Eurosceptic,” said the Vice President of Research at the Institute of International Political Studies (ISPI), Antonio Villafranca.
The French in Italy are worried
French citizens living in the Italian capital they have their own opinion about the “Meloni effect”…
“I have to say that I am quite worried because It would be the first time after World War II that the extreme right comes to power in France. One thing that calms me, after seeing what happened to the Meloni Government in Italy, is that she has continued to work well with the European institutions. So even if the National Rally comes to power in France, I hope it will be moderate in addressing some of his most extreme proposals“.
Younger generations living outside France, like Sarah, who works at the French Cultural Institute in Rome, They are impressed by the attention that the Italians are lending to the French elections.
“I think people talk a lot about the french elections in Italy. I was very surprised because I think that in France we talk less about Italian politics compared to how much people here talk about French politics. Citizens of the world have to recognize what could happen if the National Rally comes to power both nationally and at European level, so we must do something and vote,” says Sarah.
political stability It is new in Italy. All eyes are on France to find out what will happen after the elections, both in the country and in Europe.
