Well-positioned to become the first woman to lead the Italian government, her daughter is her "weak point." Born in a poor, working-class neighborhood of Rome, she worked in a nightclub, which opened doors for her into Parliament. At 45, she is seen as a charismatic leader.
“She is very charismatic, sincere and does not create illusions.” This is how Carlos Morelli, a former left-wing voter, now on the side of Brothers of Italy, describe Giorgia Meloni.
The party she formed leads the polls with 23% of voting intentions in the early elections on September 25, following the dissolution of the Italian Parliament following the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
Shoulder to shoulder with the center-left Democratic Party (22%), the extreme right aims for victory under Meloni's command.
Born in 1977 in Garbatella, Rome, she began early to prepare the ground as president of the youth wing of the National Alliance, a party that emerged from the Italian Social Movement (MSI).
She entered Parliament at a very young age and, at the age of 31, won the position of Minister of Youth, which she held between 2008 and 2011, in the last government of Silvio Berlusconi.
A curriculum that makes her, as highlighted by Elisabetta de Giorgi, professor of Political Science at the University of Trieste, “a politician by profession” and “a woman leader of a radical right-wing party”.
Admirer of Mussolini – affirming a “smooth relationship with fascism” when he debuted in Parliament – has been known for his direct and effective language since his days as a student leader.
With “fire in her belly”, as the international press characterizes her, she doesn’t mince words. If she is elected, she will be the first woman to become prime minister.
Member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2006, Giorgia has never spared criticism of the Government of national unity led by economist Draghi, who has now resigned.
Her opposition over the last year and a half ended up favoring her, amid the Italian people's discontent over inflation, the war in Ukraine and the restrictions imposed by the pandemic.
Coming from a poor working-class neighborhood, Giorgia worked as a Babysitter, coffee attendant and б in a nightclub, in search of emancipation, especially because her father abandoned the family when she was just 12 years old. That night, she met many people linked to politics who recommended her to Berlusconi. The power of oratory won, also due to his training and experience as a professional journalist since 2006.
The Fratelli d'Italia party, named after the Italian anthem, which translates as Brothers of Italy, was created by Meloni, Guido Crosetto and Ignazio La Russa in 2011, with a radical vision against immigration and defending Europe's Christian values.
President since 2014, at rallies he has a habit of shouting “God, country and family”. Along with the Poles of Lei Justiça and the Spaniards of Voz, Giorgia is president of the European Conservative and Reform Party.
In 2016, his daughter Ginevra was born, the result of his relationship with journalist Andrea Giambruno, from Mediaset.
The girl is Meloni's “weak point”, who has already regretted not being as present as she would like. “I think any working mother feels guilty about her children,” she confessed on the Rai 1 television channel.
The connection with Ginevra is explained in her autobiography “Io sono Giorgia. Le mie radici, le mie idee” (I am Giorgia. My roots, my ideas – free translation, without edition in Portuguese).
The work also explains the importance of defending family, homeland and religious and sexual identity. It concludes with the phrase “I'm Giorgia. I'm a woman, I'm a mother, I'm Italian, I'm a Christian. They won’t take that away from me”, a phrase she so often uses to open her speeches.
Invited by Vox, on the pretext of elections in the Spanish region of Andalusia, Giorgia Meloni declared, in Marbella, “no to the LGBG lobby, no to gender ideology, yes to the university of the cross”. Later, she explained: “When I'm very tired, it happens that I can't modulate a passionate tone that isn't aggressive.”
Her positions bring her closer to the leader of the French far right, Marine Le Pen, although she is in favor of classic rights for homosexuals and Giorgia has already spoken out against gay marriage.
On social media, he also said that “gender ideology aims to destabilize younger people”.
Italian writer and actor Moni Ovadia, a famous anti-fascist personality, recognizes Meloni's “capabilities”, and admits to fearing that the many far-right movements and formations that have historically supported her will be legitimized if she is elected.
There are less than two months to go and Giorgia is firm in defending her convictions in public or in the digital universe, where she also exerts influence, says the News Magazine.
