The far-right victory in Italy's elections is likely to translate into Rome joining Poland and Hungary by adopting a eurosceptic stance on European Union affairs, experts have told Euronews."There will be definitely a shift in the positioning of the Italian government compared to the past two Mario Draghi governments," Luca Tomini, a political scientist from Free Brussels University, told Euronews."I think what we need to expect is a more Eurosceptic position of the Italian government on several issues.
There will be probably a realignment of Italy along with the government of Poland especially," he added.The far-right Brothers of Italy party, led by Giorgia Meloni, and its coalition partners — Matteo Salvini's populist Northern League and Silvio Berlusconi's Go Italy (Forza Italia) — gathered more than 43% of the vote.They came well ahead of a centre-left coalition led by Enrico Letta's Democratic Party (26.2%) and whose platform was seen as a continuation of the policies undertaken over the past year and a half by outgoing technocratic Prime Minister Mario Draghi.Meloni, who is likely to become the country's first female leader, is now expected to helm the most right-wing and eurosceptic government Italy has had since World War II.Draghi, who had successfully shepherded the eurozone through the turbulent euro crisis, was well-respected both at home and also across EU capitals.
His short tenure at the Chigi Palace saw Italy take centre stage in EU discussions over the bloc's post-COVID economic recovery but also over the best response to the Russian war in Ukraine and its negative consequences on energy prices and inflation.A Meloni premiership may bring this approach to an end."Giorgia Meloni has always claimed that