The victory of the far-right in Italy and the determination of Giorgia Meloni, head of the "Fratelli d'Italia" party to lead the next government, grabbed global headlines and gained wide following on social media platforms.

The progress of the extreme right in the Italian legislative elections - after its advance in Sweden - represented a "shock", as it allows a party with roots in neo-fascism to rule the country, for the first time since 1945.

Led by Meloni, 45, the Brothers of Italy became the country's number one party with about a quarter of the vote.

In the legislative elections in 2018, this party was satisfied with only 4% of the vote, but Meloni has since managed to attract many resentful Italians, angry at the “dictates” of Brussels, the high cost of living and the clogged horizons of young people.

Non tradiremo la vostra fiducia.

Siamo #pronti a risollevare l'Italia

GRAZIE!

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— Giorgia Meloni 🇮🇹 (@GiorgiaMeloni) September 26, 2022

interactions and situations

On social media, this news was topped, and followers transmitted previous interactions, photos, videos and statements by Georgia Meloni, without concealing their fears of what they called the "crawl" of the extreme right on Europe.

Among the most prominent interactions that topped the communication platforms, the emergence of the terms "Mussolini" and "fascism", accompanied by fears of the upcoming era in the country.

A number of observers considered that the victory of the "Brothers of Italy" party is not a sudden shift in Rome's policy, but it is an indication by which it can be confirmed that nationalism is rising in Europe due to the decline in the standard of living and the attitude towards refugees.

In a tweet to him on Twitter, Abdullah Al-Shayji, a professor of international relations at Kuwait University, considered the rise of the right worrisome, noting that he expected this, and with this matter the turn of the extreme right and even the fascist would be completed, from Sweden to Italy through Hungary and the Netherlands, and before them "Brexit" in Britain.

🚨 The Brotherhood of Italy, with its fascist roots, has won the leadership of the most radical political figure #GeorgiaMeloni - to become the first female Prime Minister.


🚨 Fascism has returned to #Italy as I expected, thus completing the rotation of the far right and even the fascist from #Sweden to Italy, passing through Hungary and Poland - and before them #Brexit in #Britain!

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— Abdullah Al Shayji Prof (@docshayji) September 25, 2022

Melanie's upbringing, origins, occupations, backgrounds and political positions topped the interests of activists who rushed to publish information about her, circulating news reports and translated clips of Italian politics.

"I'm Georgia, I'm a woman, a mother, and a Christian", Meloni's most popular phrase, spread on social media, and even turned into a rap song in 2019, made a comeback with the definition of her party's priorities.

This lady is bringing fascism back to power in Italy for the first time since 1945 and the end of Mussolini.

Georgia Meloni won Sunday night's legislative elections, allowing her rooted fascist party to rule the country


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— Wejdene Bouabdallah (@tounsiahourra) September 26, 2022

Slogans and fears

Meloni raises the slogan "God, homeland, family." Her priorities include closing the Italian borders to protect the country from "Islamization", renegotiating European treaties so that Rome can regain control of its own destiny, and fighting the "LGBT lobby" and "demographic autumn." The country with the highest average life expectancy among industrialized countries, just after Japan.

In 2016, Meloni denounced the "ethnic transformation taking place in Italy" similar to other far-right parties and movements in Europe.

Georgia Meloni raised the fears of Italians and their European neighbors for her support of Mussolini's principles, her party being described as fascist roots and identity, and a fierce opponent of refugees.

"Following in Mussolini's footsteps"...the


far-right Georgia Meloni is on her way to the Italian premiership in a historic precedent.


Learn more about the controversial politician who puts the anti-immigration file among her top priorities: pic.twitter.com/qvG0WKm5xH

— AJ+ Arabic (@ajplusarabi) September 26, 2022

The expert in international affairs, Eduardo Saldana, indicated - on his Twitter account - that the "Brothers of Italy" party descended from the "Italian Social Movement" founded by Mussolini's fascist followers in 1946, and attached a picture of the party's logo, which includes the torch symbol, which is also the movement's emblem.

Meloni said - in previous statements - that "Mussolini was a good politician, and this means that everything he did was for Italy... I have a calm relationship with fascism, and I consider it a chapter of our national history."

She added that "Mussolini had committed a number of mistakes such as racist laws, entering war and his tyrannical regime, but historically he also accomplished a lot, but that does not absolve him of responsibility."


attitudes and anxiety

Many activists considered Meloni's positions a cause for concern about the future of refugees in Italy, and many of them conveyed the image of an old man participating in the elections who was holding a paper that read, "I was born under Mussolini, I do not want to die under Meloni," in a call to Italians to avoid Vote for the far right.

For his part, director of the Council for Arab-British Understanding, Chris Doyle, described Italy's elections as "more than disappointing", and said that it was "incomprehensible" that many Italians supported Meloni, "the fascist and Mussolini-loving."

"This is awful," Alejandra Carabalo wrote. "Fascism is on the rise again in Europe. Italy has learned nothing from World War II."

As for the American writer and jurist of Pakistani origin, Qasim Rashid, he pointed to the rise of fascism in Europe, warning of the consequences of the Republican victory in the upcoming midterm elections in the United States.

"Hungary has a fascist leader, the far-right party won in Sweden recently, and now Italy has elected a fascist leader. 80 years after the Second World War, fascism is on the rise all over Europe. If Americans are not careful, conservatives will bring Trump supporters fascism here," Rashid wrote. We must not allow that to happen."

Hungary has a fascist leader.

Sweden's far right party just won.

And Italy has now elected a fascist leader.

80 years after WW2, fascism is rising across Europe.

And if Americans aren't careful, MAGA GOP will usher in that same fascism here.

We cannot let that happen.

https://t.co/7e8dFYzfOF

— Qasim Rashid, Esq.

(@QasimRashid) September 25, 2022

The American journalist Mark Amis referred to the same opinion, recalling the Ukraine war, and said, "Only 7 months have passed since this miserable war, and the neo-fascists have returned to power in Italy for the first time since Mussolini, and the neo-Nazis headed the power in Sweden, which is a new member of NATO." .