The early Spanish elections slipped into the summit of the European Political Community in Moldova yesterday with the declarations of the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, who, asked by the press, did not hesitate to once again extend her hand to Vox. The leader of Hermanos de Italia maintained that she does not want to interfere in the dynamics of other countries, but “as president” of the group of European Conservatives and Reformists – of which Santiago Abascal’s formation in the European Parliament is a part – “clearly” looks “very I’m interested in what they do.”
“Everything has been very fast, it is very interesting to know what will happen,” Meloni said in the castle in the Moldovan town of Bulboaca, the venue for the summit a few kilometers from the border with Ukraine. With these statements it is enough to read the support of the far-right leader towards her ally Abascal, with whom she, in addition to sharing a political family in Europe, maintains a good personal relationship.
This support is not surprising, since already during the Italian electoral campaign, the now prime minister assured in an interview with Efe that she hoped that a victory for her group in Italy could “open the way for something similar in Spain in a few months as well.” †with Vox. In fact, Meloni became known in Spain for an incendiary speech she gave during a Vox rally in Marbella last year, which she quickly regretted for the aggressive tone she used. “We are amused by the fact that in Italy the left uses Vox to attack the Brothers of Italy and in Spain the Brothers of Italy are used to attack Vox,” she told the Spanish news agency.
Meloni did not invite Abascal to any rallies during his electoral campaign in September due to, he said, scheduling problems, although Vox exponents are regulars at his annual ultra-conservative political festival in Rome.
With the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, the Italian held a bilateral meeting on April 5 in Rome, a meeting that was held in the usual cordiality between two countries that share as many political and economic interests as Spain and Italy, although it is evident that the prime minister, who wants to favor an alliance between the European People’s Party (EPP) and the European Conservatives and Reformists in the face of the upcoming elections to the European Parliament, would prefer a government of a different political color in Madrid. The Italian Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the League, Matteo Salvini, has also recently commented on the Spanish political situation, congratulating the PP and Vox for their “great result” in the elections.
