Ms Meloni is widely expected to form Italy’s most right-wing government since World War Two which will alarm much of Europe as Italy is the EU’s third biggest economy.
Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni, who won Italy’s election to become the country’s first female prime minister, revealed in 2018 how France underdeveloped African countries.
Ms Meloni is widely expected to form Italy’s most right-wing government since World War Two which will alarm much of Europe as Italy is the EU’s third biggest economy.
It’s however worth noting that although her party garnered the most votes in the recent election, it’s not yet certain that she will be Italy’s prime minister.
It is up to Italian President Sergio Mattarella to nominate someone from the winning coalition as prime minister, a process that could take several weeks.
The nominee is likely to be Meloni, who will then be tasked with assembling a majority in Parliament. Brothers of Italy Party was the leading party in a center-right coalition that now must form an alliance to govern.
Meloni comes from a working-class Roman background. She worked various jobs, including as a waitress and as a nanny, before becoming a full-time politician.
In 2008, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi appointed her the country’s minister for youth, the youngest person to be appointed to that position.
Speaking at the "ATREJU18" conference held in September 2018, an annual conference organised by the Italian right, Meloni accused France President, Emmanuel Macron, of impoverishing some African states and creating the conditions for immigration flows towards Italy.
Her statement came in response to Macron's accusations against Italy on June 13, 2018, because it did not receive a ship carrying hundreds of refugees coming across the Mediterranean, describing its behaviour as "shameful and irresponsible."
“Emmanuel Marcron described us as disgusting, cynics and irresponsible. He said we are irresponsible, what a shame? The irresponsible Emmanuel Marcron are those who bombed Libya because they were concerned that Italy would obtain important energy concessions with Gadaffi and left us facing the chaos of illegal immigration we are facing now,” she said.
“Disgusting it’s France that it continues to exploit Africa by printing money to 14 African countries, charging them for mint fees and by children labour in the mines and extracting raw materials as it’s happening in Niger Republic.
“Don’t come and teach us lessons Macron, the Africans are abandoning their continent because of you. The solution is not to transfer Africans to Europe but to liberate Africa from some Europeans.”