Fascism belongs to history, said in a message this Wednesday, August 10, Giorgia Meloni, leader of the far-right Italian party Fratelli d'Italia (FDI), in the lead in the voting intentions for the September legislative elections.
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Decades ago, the Italian right relegated fascism to history, condemning in no uncertain terms the deprivation of democracy and the infamous anti-Jewish laws
," she said in a video recorded in English. French and Spanish.
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For several days I have been reading articles in the international press about the upcoming elections that will give Italy a new government, in which I am described as a danger to democracy, to Italian, European and international stability,
" adds Giorgia Meloni, 45 years old.
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I read that Fratelli d'Italia's victory in the September elections would lead to disaster, to an authoritarian turn, to Italy's exit from the euro and to
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Giorgia Meloni and her party, founded in 2012, are the heirs of the Italian Social Movement (MSI), a neo-fascist party created after the Second World War.
Taken from the MSI, the FDI emblem is the green-white-red tricolor flame, with a design strictly identical to that of the former National Front in France.
FDI has created an electoral alliance with Forza Italia, Silvio Berlusconi's party and Matteo Salvini's Anti-Immigration League.
Under the terms of their agreement, the leader of the party that takes the most votes will designate the next head of the Italian government and Giorgia Meloni confirmed this week that this post was indeed his objective.
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Our idea of Europe is that of a political entity capable of representing real added value for its citizens, with less bureaucracy and more capacity to influence major issues
”, explains Giorgia Meloni.
Its main allies in Europe are the far-right Spanish party Vox, and Poland's Law and Justice, which together with the FDI form the group of European Conservatives and Reformists (CRE) in the European Parliament.
