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Far-right general upends Italian politics
politico.eu • • world
Key Points:
- Marco Vannacci's new party, National Future, has rapidly gained support, reaching parity with Matteo Salvini's League and challenging one of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's key coalition allies.
- Vannacci's rise is pushing Meloni to adopt harder stances on migration, national identity, Russia, and NATO spending, shifting the coalition further to the right and complicating her appeal to moderate voters and centrist allies.
- National Future's platform emphasizes remigration, limiting foreign residents, and traditional values, attracting disaffected voters and lawmakers seeking ideological clarity absent in the current government.
- Vannacci's influence is reshaping national debates on migration, defense spending, and European policy, including opposition to Ukraine's EU accession, increasing tensions within the coalition and with European partners.
- Meloni faces a strategic dilemma ahead of the 2027 election: whether to integrate Vannacci's movement into her coalition to secure a parliamentary majority or risk alienating moderates and losing influence to the rising far-right faction.
