Stefano Pilotto: "What to remember from Giorgia Meloni's policy speech"

Stefano Pilotto is a doctor in the history of international relations, a specialist in European and Balkan issues, and a professor at the MIB School of Management in Trieste.

An Italian woman, from the right, at the head of the government in the peninsula.

The Latin civilization that lives beyond the Alps is moving towards a historic turning point, although the new administration will certainly not have – despite everything – a simple task to accomplish.

The historic turning point involves three major elements.

The first is the advent of a woman at the pinnacle of executive power: since the birth of the Italian state (1861), the chair of prime minister has never been occupied by a woman.

Giorgia Meloni succeeded where others failed and during the era of the liberal kingdom (including the era of fascism) and during the republican era.

A confluence of favorable circumstances allowed the president of the Fratelli d'Italia party to be appointed head of government, but beyond these circumstances the key to her success is to have been able to interpret in a convincing way the idea of a modern right, moderate and not extremist.

Despite her more radical positions, adopted in the past, Giorgia Meloni knew how to evolve towards a more temperate level,

The second element is his youth.

At the age of 45, mother of a six-year-old daughter, the new Prime Minister is among the youngest to have led a government in Italy: this is a powerful signal to the world world, during a period when the younger generations are becoming more and more aware of their duties and their responsibilities in the face of the great challenges of the future.

What changes through his government is rather the approach to problems: respect for everyone does not mean encouraging drifts towards horizons considered dangerous or harmful for the future of the nation.

Stefano Pilotto

The third element is the skill with which Giorgia Meloni knew how to embody right-wing ideals without slipping into fanaticism, xenophobia or racism.

The opening speech delivered on October 25 in the Chamber of Deputies is a very effective synthesis of political idealism and administrative pragmatism, where the subjects dear to the conservative classes (family, birth rate, national identity, work) combine with those which represent a daily concern for all the countries of the world (the economy, social justice, foreign policy, sustainable development, energy supply).

More sensitive to the importance of values, the new Italian Prime Minister evokes with emotion the female question and thanks all the women, belonging to n'

which hangs over the heads of women.

Contrary to what many foreign citizens think outside of Italy, Giorgia Meloni's party is not a far-right party.

Firmly rooted in the framework of the republican constitution, the new president of the Italian government has repeatedly underlined her fundamental respect for democracy, freedoms, human rights and all human beings without distinction of race, sex , religion or sexual orientation.

What changes with his government is rather the approach to problems: respect for everyone does not mean, for Meloni, encouraging drifts towards horizons considered dangerous or harmful for the future of the nation.

Invoking the classical roots of Greek and Latin origin, Giorgia Meloni recalls the Christian and Judaic roots of the country, points to Saint-Benoît as a reference for European culture and confirms her support for the main lines of Italian foreign policy in the second post-war period: European integration and the Atlantic Alliance.

The European Union must not be dissolved or diminished, it must be – according to the new Italian Prime Minister – the

, who must be united in diversity.

Giorgia Meloni's big bet is before everyone's eyes: is it possible to embody a modern, respectful and democratic idea of ​​the right, concerned with adapting the values ​​of tradition in a context of progress adhering to the needs of tomorrow's human society?

Stefano Pilotto

The tasks of the new Italian government, however, will not be easy to accomplish in the near future.

Realism is not absent in the words of Giorgia Meloni: inflation that has reached 11.1%, combined with a public debt that is the second heaviest in Europe, in an atmosphere of pessimism in the face of the crisis in Ukraine , in the face of energy dependence, in the face of the contraction of raw materials and in the face of the binding challenges in relation to climate change.

Caution is necessary and the new head of government measures his words, invokes humility and respect in the face of criticism from the opposition.

Mistakes are inevitable, but she was able to reassure public opinion of her willingness to work relentlessly to achieve the objectives of her program.

The feeling is that Italy is preparing for a new season, where young people and women will have greater power to help the country out of the crisis.

The big question is whether it is possible to embody a modern, respectful and democratic idea of ​​the right, concerned with adapting the values ​​of tradition in a context of progress adhering to the needs of tomorrow's human society?