New Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy party, today denied having “any sympathy” or proximity to undemocratic regimes, including fascism.
“I have never had any sympathy or closeness to undemocratic regimes, including fascism”, he stated during his first speech before the Chamber of Deputies.
Giorgia Meloni, who began her political career in the youth wings of the post-fascist Social Movement party, considered that the racial laws against Jews, approved by Benito Mussolini's regime, “were the lowest point” in Italian history.
In an interview in 1996, when he was 19 years old, Meloni argued that Benito Mussolini was “a good politician” and that “everything he did, he did for Italy”. The Italian press makes a point of always remembering this episode.
However, since then, the new Italian Prime Minister has tried to move away from this statement, having even published, during the electoral campaign for the September elections, a video in which she proclaimed her distance from the fascism of the dictator Benito Mussolini, Hitler's ally World War II.
"We will fight against any form of racism, anti-Semitism, political violence and discrimination“, he added, in a speech that lasted more than an hour and was interrupted by applause from the government majority, made up of his party and the two coalition partners, Liga and Força Itália.
The speech will be followed by a vote of confidence, which constitutes the first step towards its governability.
In his presentation to parliament, Meloni also spoke about defending the environment, highlighting that “there is no more convinced environmentalist than a conservative”.
According to her, what differs is that a conservative wants to “defend nature with man inside. Combining environmental, economic and social sustainability”.
Regarding the family, which has its own ministry in this executive, he explained that “an imposing plan, economic, but also cultural, is planned to rediscover the beauty of fatherhood and to placing the family at the center of society".
His commitment, he said, is to “increase the amounts of subsidies for each child and help young couples obtain credit to be able to buy their first home”.
Quoting Montesquieu, who said that “freedom is that good that makes all other goods enjoyed”, Meloni assured that “this center-right Government will never limit the existing freedoms of citizens and companies”.
“We will see when the facts are proven, including in matters of civil rights and abortion, who was lying and who was telling the truth in the election campaign about our true intentions,” Meloni added, referring to critics who assured that the party would change the law on abortion rights when it reaches the Government.
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