'Italy just elected a far-right leader. Is this the beginning of a resurgence of fascism, or the beginning of the end?'
At the same time, however, she and her party have abandoned any thought of exiting the EU or even abandoning the euro zone. Meloni's not stupid. She knows who butters Italy's bread. The country currently stays afloat thanks to a significant influx of COVID stimulus funds from Brussels. Hannah Roberts and Jacopo BarigazziItaly needs cash from Brussels.
Here's the rub: Brothers of Italy are still a minority force in European politics and Meloni can count on only a few sympathetic governments. Viktor Orban in Hungary of course supports a whittling away of Europower in Brussels. The Polish Law and Justice Party largely sides with Meloni's alt-right messaging .
Eurohijacking is infinitely more dangerous than Euroskepticism. Meloni, Orban, and their co-religionists are biding their time as they build power at the national and European levels. Their goal is that of the political termite: to eat away at the foundations of the common European home.
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