Thread by @DrAlbertazziUK

I have said many times that I expect an eventual govt led by @GiorgiaMeloni to act in continuity with the 4 govts led by @berlusconi in the last 25 years. The fundamental reason are the powerful external constraints placed upon Italy by its membership of NATO & the EU...

... (particularly as Italy starts drawing EU funds to bounce back, & considering its ballooning state debt & reliance on international finance markets).

These facts will not be changed by a campaign - as they never have before.

Yes, the radical right League & Brothers of Italy send (not exactly "covert") messages to an extreme right milieu, trying to keep these individuals & groups on board, not to mention the small but vociferous world of NO-VAX, No-Green Pass groups...

But in doing this, they act in continuity -not in opposition- to the now "moderate", "liberal", "pro-EU" @berlusconi, without whom the radical right would not have become a fixed feature of successive govts.

Berlusconi's statements have been clear and explicit, when it suited his agenda:

“Mussolini never killed anyone. The fascist regime used to send people in exile – basically a holiday”
corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Po…

"The introduction of the Euro has halved the wages and savings of Italians"

ilgiornale.it/news/politica/…

Trying to address both "the moderates" (who will ALSO enjoy the narrative whereby Italians where good people basically led astray by Hitler) & small but active groups of extreme right supporters has always been the strategy of the right wing coalition, led by one @berlusconi.

Narrative whereby the new right alliance would be fundamentally different from that of the past suits both those who, on the right, are after the vote of Eurosceptics & "No-Green Pass" groups & a certain left that cannot put two convincing ideas together & look voters in the eye.

Devoid of identity & credible proposals, & focused on their own infighting, PD & M5S may be left with the rallying cry of "don't let the fascists take over".

It won't be enough, as it has not been enough in the past.

If interested in the fundamental continuity between the present and the past, see my recent article (with @dbonansinga & @Zulianello_M):
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

And also in Italian here:
mulino.it/isbn/978881529…