Thursday, September 3, 2026

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The far right is gaining momentum, and in Europe — the cradle of fascism — its rise raises profound questions about the implications for democracy and the European Union when nationalist leaders assume power.

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Far‑right parties are surging in the polls in Germany and France. Their willingness to moderate once in office is uncertain; in Poland and Hungary, hard‑right populist regimes have significantly eroded the rule of law.

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Yet a compelling contrast is provided by Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s prime minister and the first far‑right leader to assume power in a founding EU member state. She has not tampered with the judiciary nor used the navy to deter migrant vessels, and instead of exiting the EU, she pledges to reform it from within. In a rare interview, my colleague Roger Cohen examines how this could unfold.

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Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s prime minister, holds a distinct vision for her country and Europe.

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Initially, her agenda called for exiting the euro and breaking free from the European Central Bank’s constraints to forge a nationalist future. However, after assuming office, her stance has moderated; rather than rejecting Europe, she now seeks for Italy to assume a leadership role within it.

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In a recent conversation, Meloni focused less on a stagnant economy and more on building an Italy that “does not chase others.” “I dislike the notion of a subservient Italy,” she said. She envisions her nation — the world’s eighth‑largest economy — positioned prominently in the Mediterranean, especially as Africa’s significance grows, aiming to become “a protagonist — and one that can benefit all of Europe.”

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Italy has achieved a long‑sought stability under her leadership. As President Emmanuel Macron prepares to leave office next year, Meloni — now the longest‑serving post‑war Italian prime minister — could become Europe’s preeminent political figure, a position formerly held by ex‑Chancellor Angela Merkel. While Merkel embraced refugees, Meloni takes a different stance.

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Having transitioned from her post‑Fascist origins to a central role in European politics, Meloni remains something of an enigma. In the interview, she characterized Mussolini’s regime — once an inspiration in her youth — as “particularly complex,” even though the catastrophe of his dictatorship and alliance with Hitler was evident by 1945.

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Her ambivalence toward this grim history does not seem to shape her current, pragmatic approach.

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Meloni may signal the direction Europe is taking. Marine Le Pen, once marginalized, now leads the French presidential race, while the German hard‑right AfD leads polling. The core nations of post‑war European integration face a test of their foundational orientation.

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Immigration and Donald Trump

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As with other Europe’s far‑right leaders, Meloni’s appeal has drawn partly on her immigration stance. During the campaign, she warned of “ethnic replacement” and linked migrants to violence. In office, however, her approach has evolved.

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Upon taking office in 2022, the EU’s immigration policy emphasized “burden sharing,” i.e., distributing migrants among member states rather than curbing flows. This stance shifted under Meloni, who championed a hard‑line position against asylum seekers and illegal migrants, pushing to relocate processing to third countries — a policy now backed across Europe.

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Nevertheless, she has promoted Africa as a land of opportunity rather than a problem. Under a 2024 plan, Italy has heavily invested in 18 African nations — from Tunisia to Mozambique — covering energy, water, health, and agriculture. In Algeria alone, nearly 90,000 acres of desert have been planted with corn.

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The strategy aims both to create economic opportunities that deter prospective migrants and to forge a strategic partnership with Africa. Her chief diplomatic adviser, Fabrizio Saggio, noted that Italy relies heavily on critical minerals from China, which sources many of them from Africa — questioning the logic of a short distance from Sicily to Tunisia.

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Meloni’s influence on EU policy in this domain has been substantial, demonstrating Italy’s “force, weight, and capacity,” as she described.

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Yet she continues to wield immigration as political leverage, as seen in a recent outburst concerning migrant flows into Ceuta, a Spanish enclave on Morocco’s coast.

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Nor does she refrain from quietly granting over 450,000 work visas for migrants to labor in Italy’s agriculture and industry, as well as to care for Europe’s aging population. For Meloni, ideology is flexible, often yielding to realism.

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She anticipated that this flexibility would benefit her, aligning with President Trump — an ideological ally — to reinforce shared nationalism and anti‑immigration sentiment while preserving the functionality of the Western alliance.

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However, faced with provocations from the White House — an attack on Pope Leo and a media report that Meloni “begged” him for a photo — she retorted, “Italy and I never beg.”

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She had expected a smoother relationship with Trump, she told me, but their shared values were outweighed by her primary foreign‑policy goal: elevating Italy from its long‑standing role as a minor global power.

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