Thursday 29 September 2022 04:29 PM Biden says Giorgia Meloni's victory in is a WARNING for American democracy trends now

Thursday 29 September 2022 04:29 PM Biden says Giorgia Meloni's victory in is a WARNING for American democracy trends now
Thursday 29 September 2022 04:29 PM Biden says Giorgia Meloni's victory in Italy is a WARNING for American democracy trends now

Thursday 29 September 2022 04:29 PM Biden says Giorgia Meloni's victory in Italy is a WARNING for American democracy trends now

President Biden warned that the U.S. could follow Italy's path after it elected right wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni last week.  

'You just saw what's happened in Italy in that election,' Biden said Wednesday evening at a fundraiser for the Democratic Governors' Association at a home in Washington, D.C.. 'You're seeing what's happening around the world. The reason I bother to say that is you can't be sanguine about what's happening here, either. I don't want to exaggerate it, but I don't want to understate it.'

Meloni, Italy's first-ever female prime minister and first far-right leader since World War II, won the high office with about 26 percent of the vote. 

Her right wing alliance, which includes Matteo Salvini's far-right League and former PM Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right Forza Italia, will take control of both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies with about 44 percent of the vote. 

Meloni, who has been outspoken in her campaign against migrants, the EU, abortion and the LGBT community, has been criticized as a leader of a party with neo-fascist roots and an heir to Benito Mussolini.

Her victory marks just the latest win in Europe for a far-right party - the Brothers of Italy have their roots in Italian fascism - following a win for the Sweden Democrats in that country's ballot two weeks ago.

Meloni - who will be appointed prime minister by the Italian president at a later date once final counting is finished - will lead a right-wing coalition with differing views on key issues, while Italy struggles under a debt pile that makes it vulnerable to weakness in the world economy.

President Biden warned that the U.S. could follow Italy's path after it elected far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni last week

President Biden warned that the U.S. could follow Italy's path after it elected far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni last week

Meloni, Italy's first-ever female prime minister and first far-right leader since World War II, won the high office with about 26 percent of the vote

Meloni, Italy's first-ever female prime minister

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