Giorgia Meloni moves closer to Italian
premiership after rightwing parties strike deal
Brothers of Italy, Forza Italia and the League agree
that whoever wins September 25 election gets to pick Draghi successor.
BY JULES
DARMANIN
July 28,
2022 8:22 am
https://www.politico.eu/article/giorgia-meloni-italy-pm-right-wing-nomination-deal/
Far-right
leader Giorgia Meloni moved a step closer to becoming Italy’s next prime
minister on Wednesday, after her rightwing coalition struck a deal that will
see the party with the biggest share of the vote in the coming election get the
top job.
A
right-wing alliance made up of Meloni’s Brothers of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi’s
Forza Italia and Matteo Salvini’s League is on track to win 40 percent of the
vote on September 25, with the former leading the pack on 23 percent, according
to POLITICO’s Poll of Polls.
This type
of deal is common in the Italian system, which tends toward broad coalitions.
But according to La Repubblica, Berlusconi argued internally that Meloni and
her party, which has neo-fascist roots, could be a liability for the alliance.
Meloni last week insisted there was “nothing to fear” from her party leading
the country.
“Today,
Berlusconi and Salvini have chosen to surrender definitively to Meloni,”
Democratic Party leader Enrico Letta told reporters just after the alliance’s
announcement.
The early
election was called after Mario Draghi resigned as prime minister last week
after losing the confidence of parliament. Draghi remains as caretaker
prime minister until the election.
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