comment by
Oliver Meier
Giorgia Meloni is teaching Italians to say “nation” when they think of their country. Nazions! With every appearance, the new Prime Minister punches the term into people’s heads, it’s noticeable. She then widens her eyes to make sure everyone has noticed. Like a teacher – back row? Nazions! You can dismiss that as nationalist folklore, as a rhetorical tick. “But words count,” he writes Corriere della Sera. They have a color, an odor.