Giorgia Meloni was the star of the G7, embodying a “respectable” far-right. On Thursday, June 13, the Italian prime minister coldly welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the main losers of the recent EU parliamentary elections.
In contrast, she was much more cheerful with U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. She then warmly received the President of UAE, Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Great Britain, and the far-right Argentine president Javier Milei, among other guests from Southern countries that the G7 is trying to court.
The June 9 European elections were decisive: in the Strasbourg Parliament, there will be more MEPs on the far-right benches. Nationalist formations have gained seats almost everywhere on the Old Continent.
Giorgia Meloni will likely play a leading role in European politics on critical issues such as the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, climate change, and energy. The European Right will handle these topics quite differently from their technocratic predecessors.
Despite ideological differences among G7 members, they have shown unity on key issues, such as supporting Ukraine and deciding to make about $50 billion from immobilized Russian assets available to Ukraine.
They also pledged support to a global agreement for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza,........