Italian politics
Oct 25, 2022 14:59:34 GMT
Post by kerouac2 on Oct 25, 2022 14:59:34 GMT
I am just opening this space since even though most of us don't know enough about Italian politics to have valid opinions, when has that ever stopped us from having opinions?
New Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has already proven that she has some "interesting" ideas about what her country should do. Her inaugural address today indicated that she has watered down quite a few of her ideas, at least in public, and may not be as scary as a lot of the first reports claimed.
Key moments from Italian PM Meloni's maiden speech
(In terms of semantics at Reuters, I am wondering if the speech by a male PM would have been called a "maiden speech.")
It should probably be mentioned that French president Emmanuel Macron was the first European head of state to meet with her, but he was basically trapped into doing this. He was attending a long scheduled peace conference organised by the Pope, the date of which had been set before the Italian elections. Naturally, this gave opponents a double reason to criticize him, first for secular France to attend a "religious" event and secondly for fraternising with a far right wing government. Sometimes you can't win.
New Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has already proven that she has some "interesting" ideas about what her country should do. Her inaugural address today indicated that she has watered down quite a few of her ideas, at least in public, and may not be as scary as a lot of the first reports claimed.
Key moments from Italian PM Meloni's maiden speech
(In terms of semantics at Reuters, I am wondering if the speech by a male PM would have been called a "maiden speech.")
It should probably be mentioned that French president Emmanuel Macron was the first European head of state to meet with her, but he was basically trapped into doing this. He was attending a long scheduled peace conference organised by the Pope, the date of which had been set before the Italian elections. Naturally, this gave opponents a double reason to criticize him, first for secular France to attend a "religious" event and secondly for fraternising with a far right wing government. Sometimes you can't win.
