After winning the election, will Italy’s right-wingers form a government? Future prime minister Giorgia Meloni now fears power maneuvers by her rival and ally Matteo Salvini. The head of the Lega is fighting for his political survival.
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Oliver Meiler, Rome
Not a word for days. Giorgia Meloni is silent, at least publicly. The post-fascist winner of the Italian parliamentary elections prohibited her people from celebrating the triumph too boisterously, and there is a deeper reason for this. In 2008, when the extreme right won the mayoral election in Rome, there were pictures of the Capitol Hill with crowds of men performing the fascist salute: many outstretched right arms as a sign of revenge on history. And banners with Celtic crosses. The pictures went around the world. Meloni is very careful not to make any mistakes during this delicate phase that would further damage her image. Foreign countries are already worried enough about their rise to power.