"[On Giorgia Meloni, at the time prime minister of Italy] After decades of fractious coalitions and technocratic solutions, supporters relish her dominant leadership approach and mission to “defend” the country from outside influences. Meloni has now announced the "mother of all reform packages", a power grab that would allow prime ministers to be directly elected on minority vote shares. She will first have to escape the opprobrium of opposition in parliament and win a possible referendum. Given her success in manoeuvring herself and her party from the fringes of Italy's changeable landscape to outrun other far-right contenders such as Matteo Salvini and heirs to the Berlusconi legacy, it would be unwise to underestimate her chances."
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"Ruthless, clever, pragmatic: why Giorgia Meloni is so dangerous to Italy – and Europe", The Guardian (14 November 2023).
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