Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has announced that she will be the party leader for her right-wing populist party Fratelli d’Italia in the upcoming June European elections. This announcement was made during a major conference of her party in Pescara, a city located on the Adriatic Sea. Despite her leading role within the party, Meloni will not be replacing the European institutions in Brussels and will not become a Member of the European Parliament.
The decision for party leaders like Meloni, opposition leader Elly Schlein, and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani to lead their parties in the European elections is a strategy to mobilize more voters. This approach has faced criticism from figures like former European Commission President Romano Prodi.
Fratelli d’Italia has received over 27 percent of the votes in a recent poll, a similar percentage to what they received in the 2022 elections in Italy. Meloni’s success in Italy has emboldened her to challenge left-wing parties in Europe and promote conservative values like family and Christian traditions.
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