Posted on 09/25/2022 8:21:01 PM PDT by FarCenter
It remains to be seen whether Giorgia Meloni’s “Brothers of Italy” party’s bloc will have enough seats to form a government by themselves, or whether they will need to seek alliance with the “Five Star” party.
Despite all the screams of “FASCISTS!!!”, her party’s positions seem pretty centrist by FR standards:
https://italia.isidewith.com/en/parties/brothers-of-italy/policies
Europe will come under a pincer attack by conservative women in charge.
With Liz Truss leading the charge from the UK in the north and Giorgia Meloni attacking from Italy in the south, it is going to be fun to watch the rest of Europe react
The UK will not be important. It is in the process of collapsing.
Pound tanking, massive tax cuts and talk of emergency hikes. Here’s what’s going on in the UK
LONDON – The first fiscal policy announcement from new British Prime Minister Liz Truss’s government has been met with one of the most pronounced market sell-offs in recent history.
The British pound hit an all-time low against the dollar in the early hours of Monday morning, dropping below $1.04, while the U.K. 10-year gilt yield rose to its highest level since 2008, as disarray continued following Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng’s “mini-budget” on Friday.
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As the markets continue to balk at the new prime minister’s plans, Sky News reported on Monday morning that some Conservative Members of Parliament are already submitting letters of no confidence in Truss – only three weeks into her tenure – citing fears that she will “crash the economy.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/26/pound-tanking-massive-tax-cuts-and-talk-of-emergency-rate-hikes.html
Um, it was an election.
He meant that the Right got a majority of seats, but not a majority of the popular vote
The Right bloc got 46% of the popular vote. He shouldn’t talk, because his Left block only got 26%, with the rest going to the populist Five Star party (which would probably support the Right) getting 16% and others getting 7%
The Right will likely get a majority of seats. With Five Star, they would have a super-majority. It was an extinction-level wipeout of the Left.
Democratic Party, conceded defeat.
Is that sweet sounding or what it appears to be a world wide event happening the enough line has been crossed.
Update:
The Right block gets a comfortable majority of seats in both houses. If they team with the populist 5-star party, they have a super-majority that would allow them to change the Italian Constitution.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/italys-parliamentary-seats-youtrend-projection-2022-09-25/
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