{"id":405052,"date":"2024-05-06T15:57:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T10:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=405052"},"modified":"2024-05-06T15:57:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T10:57:56","slug":"italys-pragmatic-prime-minister-leads-charge-for-eu-far-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/italys-pragmatic-prime-minister-leads-charge-for-eu-far-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy\u2019s pragmatic prime minister leads charge for EU far right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Her strong support for Ukraine has won her friends in Washington and Brussels, particularly after she helped persuade Hungary\u2019s Viktor Orban to drop his veto of EU aid to Kyiv<\/p>\n<p>Meloni has also worked closely with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, particularly on migration, a priority for the far-right premier<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ROME: Having fostered pragmatic relations with Brussels, Italy\u2019s Giorgia Meloni is for many the \u201cmoderate\u201d face of Europe\u2019s radical right \u2014 and is leading the charge for June elections.<br \/>\nThe ascent to power of Meloni\u2019s post-fascist, euroskeptic Brothers of Italy in 2022 sent shockwaves through the European Union, sparking fears of a lurch to the right within a founding member of both the bloc and NATO.<br \/>\nBut her strong support for Ukraine has won Meloni friends in Washington and Brussels, particularly after she helped persuade Hungary\u2019s Viktor Orban \u2014 a long-time ally sympathetic to Moscow \u2014 to drop his veto of EU aid to Kyiv.<br \/>\nMeloni has also worked closely with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, particularly on migration, a priority for the far-right premier.<br \/>\n\u201cAt a European level, she\u2019s trying to present herself as a sort of moderate conservative and mediator\u201d with the rest of the radical right, noted Lorenzo Castellani, a political analyst at Rome\u2019s LUISS 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