Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes27 Sep 2024

Giorgia Meloni: Redefining Italy’s place in Europe and the world

Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni is playing a central role in the country’s recent significant political developments. Her right-wing coalition government, which is inter alia focused on tightening immigration policies and promoting an Italian nationalist agenda, continues to draw national and international attention – as well as derision. But, despite her Eurosceptic stance, Meloni maintains a pragmatic approach in dealing with the European Union.

This week, Mark Leonard welcomes Lykke Friis, director of Think Tank Europa; Sylvie Kauffmann, editorial director at Le Monde; and Arturo Varvelli, head of ECFR’s Rome office and senior policy fellow, to discuss Meloni’s ideas to prevent the ‘decline’ of the West. How does she view the trajectory of Western civilisation, and Europe’s future global role? What does Meloni’s rise mean for European politics? Does Meloni truly envisage her political project fitting into prevailing Western ideologies? And how do France and Denmark view the current state of Italy?

This episode was recorded on 25 September 2024

Bookshelf:

Vaterländer by Sabin Tambrea

The Wizard of the Kremlin by Giuliano da Empoli

Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe by Serhii Plokhy

Meloni's speech at the Atlantic Council’s Global Citizen Awards ceremony in New York

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