Giorgia Meloni is a candidate for the Europeans. The head of the Italian government finally announced it this Sunday at the conclusion of her congress in Abruzzo. The head of the list, who wants to unite the sovereignists and have influence in the European Parliament, is making the election of June 9, 2024 a test vote for his government.
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With our correspondent in Rome, Blandine Hugonnet
On the stage, by the sea, it is a Giorgia Meloni fighter who appears applauded by the far-right congress which brings together the best of Fratelli d’Italia. “ I am a soldier and soldiers do not hesitate to go to the front » launches galvanized the President of the Council who finally makes the long-awaited announcement of his official candidacy for the European vote of June 9.
She sees it as a referendum on her government. “ I decided to present myself, to guide the lists of Fratelli d’Italia in all the constituencies. I do it because I want to ask the Italians if they are satisfied with the work we are doing in Italy and in Europe. I do it because I am president of the European conservatives who want to play a decisive role in changing the direction of European policies. »
“ Italy can change Europe “, this is the slogan and the ambition displayed by the populist candidate who wants “ a different Europe », that of the nations. “ Proud to be one of the people », Giorgia Meloni, intends to achieve this by banking on her popularity.
Leader of the tricolor flame party which is leading the polls, she is aiming for 25 seats in the Strasbourg Parliament, more than double than currently: “ enough to finally give Italy, and the sovereignists, weight in European institutions “, she assures. But if the head of the list Meloni is ready to embody and concentrate the entire campaign until June 9, she promises that the President of the Council will not abandon her government office for all that.
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