Election in Italy

[Klaus]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/25/italy-elections-exit-polls-point-to-victory-for-coalition-led-by-far-right-giorgia-meloni

[Horace]

Any clear policy ramifications? The article is light regarding those.

[George K]

Too lazy too look it up.

What "far right" policies is she espousing?

[Klaus]

@George-K said in Election in Italy:

Too lazy too look it up.

What "far right" policies is she espousing?

The usual right-wing populist agenda, mostly. Spend a lot of money they don't have. "God". Stop immigration. Vague conspiracy theories about "big finance". Germany is the root of all evil in Italy.

I wouldn't call them "conservative". They don't give a damn about free markets or individual liberty, say. "Right-wing populism" is apt.

In Italy, governments tend to not last very long, but this may have significant implications for the EU.

There's now a new block consisting of Poland, Hungary, Sweden (who had elections a few weeks ago), and Italy. It will be a counterweight to the Germany-France axis. Which is good news, in my opinion.

[Doctor Phibes]

@George-K said in Election in Italy:

Too lazy too look it up.

What "far right" policies is she espousing?

She's going to liberate Ethiopia

Anti-immigration, anti-Brussels, anti LGBTQ, sorry "pro-family".

She has apparently used and referred to the slogan "God, homeland family", which was Mussolini's, on a number of occasions.

Her ally Berlusconi apparently said that Putin was "forced into the war with Ukraine".

[George K]

[Klaus]

.. and we are back to the usual "I don't care what happens elsewhere except when I can use it as a tool for my political purposes"?

[Jolly]

I don't think it's the second coming if Mussolini. It'll flame out, but not before the country shifts a bit to the right.