Giorgia Meloni stands out after her party’s incredible showing in the European elections. It’s possible that the leaders’ meeting at the G7 summit in Italy will be the least strong in recent memory. In their own countries, Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz, Rishi Sunak, Fumio Kishida, and Justin Trudeau are all fighting for control.
As the G7 leaders gather in Puglia, Italy, beginning today (June 13), the three-year-old Russia-Ukraine war and the developing humanitarian situation in Gaza brought on by Israel’s conflict with Hamas will undoubtedly be the main topics of discussion.
One would think that the world needs strong leadership in a time like this. A peek at the G7 summit, however, contradicts this. The leaders in attendance at the meeting, which is scheduled to take place in the southern Italian coastal village of Borgo Egnazia, may be the weakest the group has had in years. The majority of the leaders are preoccupied with internal issues, elections, or declining popularity.
Giorgia Meloni of Italy appears to be the only member of the Big 7 leaders (the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom (UK)) who is now rising. Politico quoted Ivo Daalder, the former US ambassador to NATO under President Barack Obama, as saying that “the leaders at the G7 summit are all pretty weak, with the exception of Meloni.”
In contrast to Giorgia Meloni’s other counterparts, Giorgia Meloni, who will greet the G7 leaders and India’s Narendra Modi at today’s pivotal summit, may be regarded as Europe’s most stable leader. This is a result of Georgia’s victory in the European Parliament elections, together with her far-right Brothers of Italy party. Compared to the 6% of the vote she received in the 2019 polls, she has gained over 29% of the vote this time around.
She did much worse than her French and German rivals at the polls. The far-right Alternative for German came in second place, troubling Olaf Scholz of Germany and his Social Democrats, and Emannuel Macron of France called for early elections after his party was overshadowed by Marine Le Pen’s National Rally.
Giorgia Meloni is aware that she is the biggest winner even as she gets ready to host. “This nation goes to the G7 and to Europe with the strongest government of all,” she actually said to supporters on Monday. They were unable to stop us.
