Italy elections: Who is Giorgia Meloni? Read to know

Brothers of Italy party leader Giorgia Meloni said that she has an unbroken relationship with history while adding in an interview that former fascist leader Benito Mussolini had a rather complex personality.

Giorgia Meloni's political career

At the tender age of 15, Meloni joined the youth wing of the neo-fascist Italian Social Movement party to take a stand against terror in Italy during that time.

Meloni founded the Brothers of Italy, and she has led the party since 2014. Meloni is also heading into an election campaign with the slogan "Italy and the Italian people first!"


Giorgia Meloni took over the chairmanship of the European Conservatives and Reformists party in 2020.

Since she stepped into politics, Meloni has spent her entire career as a parliament member and party official.

Giorgia Meloni and her vague views about the past

Meloni is yet to distance herself from fascism and even wrote in her autobiography that she's well aware she's navigating a political minefield.
She further wrote that we're children of history and have travelled a path more complex and complicated than others want to know.
Meloni rejects the cult common to fascism. However, whenever she holds a press conference at the party's headquarters, a fascist can be clearly seen.

FAQs

1. What is the fascist symbol always seen in Giorgia Meloni's press conference at the party headquarters?
   The fascist symbol is the logo of the Brothers of Italy, which is a flame in the colours green, white, and red. Italy's national colours are green, white, and red. This flame symbolically burns at Mussolini's grave.
2. What did Giorgia Meloni do during the last election campaign?
   The politician is planning to move the party to the center-right. Presently, Giorgia Meloni plans to remould the party to appeal to the middle class. Last fall, Meloni sent many group memos to the party while instructing them to stop making any reference to fascism and even asked them to stop making extreme comments.