"One of the more striking images from June's G7 summit showed a small group of world leaders engaged in an impromptu and informal evening chat at the venue's restaurant. In the foreground of that photo was a familiar blond head: Giorgia Meloni. During her three years as the Italian prime minister, Meloni has moved beyond her hard-right populism, not to mention her fascism-adjacent origins, to earn at least the respect of other leaders Keir Starmer among them for her pragmatism and flexibility."
"Meloni arrived in power as the overtly far-right leader of a party, Brothers of Italy, with neofascist roots, she has tempered her ideology with realism and compromise, for example mixing plans to process asylum claims in Albania with a marked increase in work visas to address labour shortages. As shown by the G7 photo, she has also been able to work closely with a series of very different world leaders, among them Starmer, helped by a relaxed manner and proficiency in English, French and Spanish."
A G7 photograph captured Giorgia Meloni in an informal evening conversation with other world leaders. Meloni shifted from hard-right, fascism-adjacent origins toward pragmatic, flexible governance during three years as prime minister. She earned respect from leaders such as Keir Starmer through realism, multilingual ease and a relaxed manner. Her policies mix tough immigration measures, like processing asylum claims in Albania, with pragmatic labor solutions such as increased work visas. Other populists have produced turbulence — as in Javier Milei's Argentina and Donald Trump's erratic policymaking — raising questions about whether Nigel Farage could replicate Meloni's transition.
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