Posted on 12/15/2024 2:03:54 PM PST by Rummyfan
We have been fans of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni from the beginning. Now, even the liberals are starting to catch on. The London Times calls Meloni the “new Queen of Europe”:
[Home Secretary Yvette] Cooper’s presence will cement the growing view in diplomatic circles that Meloni has become one of the key figures in European politics and an influential voice on the right throughout the West.
*** When Meloni first came to power, in October 2022, she was seen as riding the populist wave sweeping the West and some wondered how long she would last in a country notorious for the fragility of its governments. Yet two years on, Meloni is one of the most secure leaders in the European Union — and one of the most influential. With Angela Merkel gone, some in the corridors of power see Meloni succeeding the former German chancellor as the new queen of European politics.
Roberto D’Alimonte, a politics professor at Luiss University in Rome, said: “She is the only prime minister of a major EU country who can expect to be there in three years — it’s a kind of stability Italy is not known for.” A senior official in the last Tory government put it more bluntly: “When she hosted the G7 meeting [in June], everyone else was a dead man walking.”
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Because eager fans of both of them kept linking them together on X, so he was basically forced to make a post on X denying it.
Woohoo!!!
She didn’t want to be merged
Look at the balance sheet!
Yes, yes! A merger!
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