“Despite international worry over her ascent to power, a strong Meloni may be preferable to a weak one. She is now shedding her formerly populist public image, instead presenting herself as something more like a traditional conservative,” Greenmantle’s Elettra Ardissino and the European University Institute’s Erik Jones write for Foreign Affairs.
“As often happens in Italian politics, Ms Meloni’s star is liable to fade once confronted with the dour realities of government. Faced with a probable recession, a war at the borders of the EU and a raging cost-of-living crisis, a government headed by Ms Meloni may have little time or inclination to pursue a radical agenda,” the Economist writes. |