President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic Giorgia Meloni visiting Ukraine, February 21, 2023. Photo courtesy of the President of Ukraine.
In Italy, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has displayed a version of nationalism that is working for the Italian people. Rosario Iaconis reports in The New York Sun:
Giorgia Meloni’s values haven’t changed. And that’s a fact, not performative political theater. Nor will Italy’s prime minister ever alter her core beliefs or convictions. As Ansa recently reported, though, Signora Meloni acknowledges that “Italians want a government with the courage to change things that don’t work.”
Such a belief is straight out of President Reagan’s playbook — to be supple enough to deal with new realities without sacrificing one’s principles. He switched parties when the Democrats abandoned his principles. Forging problem-solving policies that benefit the people and the nation is the goal.
Italians want a cabinet “concentrating resources on what is important without wasting them,” said the premier. Plus, too, she wants a cabinet that “represents Italy in the world with authority and trustworthiness.” Signora Meloni’s priority is Rome — not Brussels, Paris, or Berlin.
Though it ruffles the delicate sensibilities of the left, Signora Meloni puts Italy’s national interests first. She is an unabashedly national-greatness conservative who adheres to free-market principles yet isn’t averse to political compromise. Sometimes one’s cabinet necessitates a stern approach.
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