Politico crowns Prime Minister Meloni: "She is the most powerful in Europe"
"He has avoided clashes with Brussels", is Musk's European reference: his government, the international newspaper judges, is "one of the most stable ever in post-war Italy"Per restare aggiornato entra nel nostro canale Whatsapp
"Who do you call if you want to talk to Europe? If you are Elon Musk, the richest man in the world and a key advisor to US President-elect Donald Trump, the number to call is Giorgia Meloni ."
The international newspaper Politico has crowned the Italian prime minister as the most powerful person in Europe for 2025 , defining her in its influence ranking as the perfect interpreter of the zeitgeist, the spirit of the times, "increasingly radical and flourishing on both sides of the Atlantic". "In less than a decade, the right-wing leader of the Brothers of Italy has gone from being dismissed as a crazy ultranationalist to being elected prime minister of Italy , establishing herself as a figure with whom Brussels, and now Washington, can do business", the newspaper highlights in a long description that traces the rise of Meloni and the main stages of her two years of government, defined as "one of the most stable ever in post-war Italy".
Since arriving at Palazzo Chigi, Politico notes, Meloni "has kept her anti-EU rhetoric to a minimum and avoided clashes with Brussels" , even displacing her detractors and "emerging as one of Ukraine's most convinced supporters". The affirmation of the leader of Fratelli d'Italia coincided with the showdown in the Old Continent on the migration crisis. Meloni has been able to play her cards: through a "collaboration with President Ursula von der Leyen" and the signing of "historic agreements with Tunisia, Mauritania and Egypt".
Taking advantage of the power vacuum left by Paris and Berlin, the prime minister now has room to "advance her policies". And "Trump's re-election", in the opinion of the newspaper owned by the Axel Springer publishing group, could give her "even more impetus". Also thanks to the support of Elon Musk, who acclaims her as a champion of the fight against illegal immigration. If up to now Meloni has used her influence mainly in Italy, the question - Politico finally highlights - is whether now "she will start to flex her muscles internationally and whether, with a new wind blowing across the Atlantic, she will continue to play well with institutions such as the EU and NATO or return to her right-wing roots and challenge the status quo".
(Online Union)