• After her victory in the legislative elections on Sunday in Italy, Giorgia Meloni should become - unless surprised - the first woman to lead the country.

  • The success of this coalition, bringing together the right and the extreme right, was hailed by Eric Zemmour, who defends this strategy of unity in France.

  • But the Italian election should not have a significant impact on French political life.

“We will govern for all Italians”.

Except surprise, Giorgia Meloni is on the way to becoming the Prime Minister of Italy, after her victory in the legislative elections on Sunday.

The arrival at the head of the coalition of the rights, which brings together his party, Fratelli d'Italia (FdI), the League of Matteo Salvini and Forza Italia, of the indestructible Silvio Berlusconi, was welcomed in France by the National Rally.

And especially by Reconquest, the party of Eric Zemmour.

“How not to look at this victory as proof that yes, coming to power is possible?

“Enthused the former presidential candidate, defending his strategy of uniting the rights.

But Giorgia Meloni's victory is likely to have little impact in France, and

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explains why.

Because The Republicans and the RN (still) do not want it

Since entering politics, the former CNews columnist has been trying to attract members of the Republicans and the National Rally to his side, convinced that the union of the rights could lead him to victory.

An inconclusive strategy so far, as evidenced by its failures in the presidential and legislative elections.

The Italian example has not moved the lines, according to the rare reactions of elected LRs since Sunday.

“Looking at Italy, some say to themselves that the only future of the French right is to become an underling of the restless.

It is the morbid fascination of those who, with us, no longer believe in it ”, thus castigated this Monday on Twitter the deputy of Lot Aurélien Pradié, candidate for the presidency of the party Les Républicains.

Its competitors Eric Ciotti and Bruno Retailleau have also brushed aside any idea of ​​an alliance on several occasions.

“Zemmour, the first thing he did when he said he was for the union of the rights, was to create a new chapel to shoot everyone and try to replace us.

It has nothing to do with Italy, ”creaks a part of the movement.

At the National Rally, we prefer to salute "the victory of the patriots" rather than the electoral strategy put in place by Meloni, while recalling that the RN did not need anyone to elect 89 deputies last June.



Because the Italian political system is very different

“This success of Meloni is a victory of the people against European technocracy and Madame von der Leyen [the President of the European Commission].

This in no way validates the Zemmourist fad of union of the rights, ”sweeps Gilles Pennelle, RN executive delegate to the federations.

“It is moreover the victory of a coalition of the rights where each party presents its candidates, not of a union.

Zemmour and his friends should revise the Italian political system, which has nothing to do with ours…”, he adds.

The Italian voting system, reformed in 2017, combines the use of majority voting and proportional voting.

It pushes the parties to form coalitions.

“This system gives precedence to unity between the different parties.

The rights, despite their differences, have managed to unite and therefore win the day, ”says Paolo Levi, Paris correspondent for the Italian press agency Ansa.

"Italy is bitten to the art of compromise, it's in our DNA, unlike French politics, which has more of a political culture of confrontation," he adds.

This is not the first time that the Italian right has made agreements with the extreme right.

But within Reconquest, we do not despair of one day finding an agreement with the other right-wing formations, like the Nupes, on the left, for the last legislative elections.

“As we speak […], neither LR nor the RN want it.

But I think time will work in our favor, said Marion Maréchal this Monday on RTL.

These two parties will eventually realize that we cannot win alone and perhaps they will get tired of being in the opposition”.

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