Giorgia Meloni first woman Prime Minister of Italy: challenges and signs

Regardless of personal political orientation, Giorgia Meloni Prime Minister is a historic event for the history of the Republic. Witness finally a woman who walks alone in the corridors of the Quirinal to receive the task of forming the government and then climbs the staircase of Palazzo Chigi always alone.

For someone who cultivates politics as a profession, having always received the bell – after a very long transfer of power – from a former Prime Minister of the caliber of Mario Draghi, as he admitted, it was an overwhelming emotion. Like the first military salute as Prime Minister. A personal goal that belongs to everyone, even if the government should be short-lived: Giorgia Meloni will remain an extraordinary example for all those girls who dream of a political career.

Giorgia Meloni @Ansa Photos

But not only that, the victory of the coalition that expressed it gives us another political fact that should bring stability to the country. After an almost complete legislature, but which never expressed a homologous and coherent majority – two attempts at a 5-star government, first on the right then on the left, we moved on to what was defined as National Unity – led by the prime minister chosen from outside the parliamentary spectrum, both by party choice and by mandate of the head of state. Giorgia Meloni heals the anomaly represented by the Five Star Movement which never expressed the leader of the party with a relative majority as head of government – struggling with the diarchy between founder and political leader. Its indication comes directly from the ballot box and is not decided on a consolidated electoral result to satisfy the agreement between parties, as was the case under the First Republic.

The victory of Giorgia Meloni: what scenario opens in Europe

Our country has become special since the leadership of Giorgia Meloni could today give a historic turning point to the “reputation” of European conservative parties. Obviously how to dictate a heavy defeat on the contrary. The economic success and political endorsement of a sovereign government in Italy – the EU’s third power – would also have significant implications for other continental realities. The massive advance of the conservative parties – which we have witnessed almost everywhere, with the exception of the English situation contrary to the trend – makes the new Italian Prime Minister Meloni a double protagonist, at European level, even before national. By precisely calculating your government roadmap and your choice of land in the EU.

Melons and Macron / Photo Ansa

There are many challenges ahead: a difficult journey

So far, his recent statements as president in pectore have never deviated from the foreign policy line of the Draghi government. Demonstrate a great sense of responsibility and prudence. The challenges ahead of the new government are urgent and multiple. First, address the effects of energy increases on households and businesses with tools and resources. Although Prime Minister Draghi, by securing the price cap at the last European Council, actually paved the way for the new Prime Minister. The outgoing government also leaves a large treasury due essentially to its action on unexpected tax revenues (produced by both inflation and economic growth). The increase in post-pandemic consumption and VAT revenue guaranteed former Minister Franco the 60 billion euros to be allocated to finance the three aid decrees without resorting to additional debt. With the recession looming in 2023, the Meloni government will have to find that money another way.

Melons and dragons / ANSA Photo / Filippo Attili

The path therefore begins uphill and passes over a minefield. Having to deal with a very worrying global situation. In these moments, statesmen are distinguished from politicians, as De Gasperi argued in the famous and widely used quote: “A politician is he who looks towards the next election, while a statesman looks to the next generation”. What category Giorgia Meloni belongs to, only her actions and her choices will tell us. From today, the burden of moving from words to deeds will weigh on her. The first gesture as new president concerned the choice of the institutional car: from the Audi A6 of Draghi to the Alfa Romeo Giulia. Flagship of Made in Italy in the automotive sector!