The prime minister’s support for Ukraine offers an opportunity not only to limit Italy’s marginalisation in the EU but to offset it with the approval of governments outside, notably in Britain and America
Mr Zelensky’s decision to begin his latest European tour in Rome on May 13th may thus have been an expression of gratitude to Ms Meloni. But it was also perhaps an attempt to shift Italian attitudes: a recent poll found more Italians opposing the arming of Ukraine than supporting it . Ms Meloni’s war policy is not without risk. But nor is it devoid of benefit on the wider stage. Ms Meloni, whose party traces its origins to neo-fascism, has had a mixed reception from her European counterparts.
France has been especially hostile, criticising in particular Italy’s tough policy on illegal migrants. That in part reflects French domestic politics: denigrating Ms Meloni implicitly discredits her fellow radical nationalist, Marine Le Pen. France’s interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, clashed bitterly with Ms Meloni after her government sent anvessel carrying rescued migrants onwards to France last year.
but to offset it with the approval of governments outside, notably in Britain and America. But it also gives her more room to adopt uncompromisingly conservative policies at home. Her main target has been Italy’scommunity: the government plans to remove non-biological gay parents from birth certificates and make surrogacy abroad criminally liable in Italy. Ms Meloni has adapted to circumstances. But there is little sign that she has changed her core beliefs.
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