It’s Meloni at the Top: Who is Italy’s New Right Wing PM?

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🗓️ 29 September 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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As Giorgia Meloni’s victory sparks concern across Europe, we discuss what you need to know about Italy’s new PM. How surprising, and worrying, is it that Italy has moved to the right? Alex Andreou is joined by Chiara Albanese, Bloomberg's Rome-based political correspondent, to explore Meloni’s track record and ask what kind of leader she’ll be. “She is brushing off her fascist roots to appeal to more people.” “She is woman, but she isn’t a feminist. This isn’t a victory for women.” “The right are holding power because they are a coalition, but the Italian left is totally fragmented.” www.patreon.com/bunkercast Tickets to Doomsday Watch Live: https://www.tickettext.co.uk/etmejHAuba Written and presented by Alex Andreou. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Jacob Archbold, Jelena Sofronijevic and Alex Rees. Assistant producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Music: Kenny Dickinson. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:19.2	back in Europe sanctions on Russia dependent cooperation, economies are barely beginning to
1:24.9	regroup after the pandemic and the cost of living crisis affects hundreds of millions.
1:30.1	My guest today is here to take us through what just happened, to distinguish the genuinely concerning
1:36.5	from the slightly hysterical. Kiara al-Banesa is Bloomberg's correspondent based in Rome.
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1:47.8	Kiara, I find a lot of British media fetishizes the O. M.G. the far right is coming narrative when it comes to Europe. But are they right
1:59.6	when they call Meloni's party, Fratelli Ditalia, as the guardian put it, fascist adjacent.
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