European voters reject globalism from Italy to Sweden
Several ruling, pro-globalist European coalitions lost control of their nations’ respective governments in elections in recent weeks, marking a major victory for some of the continent’s more right-of-center political parties.
On Sunday, Italian voters elected their most conservative government in decades, putting Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the Brothers of Italy party, on course to become the country’s first female prime minister.
“Partial results place the brothers in Italy at 26 percent, making it the leading party, with Meloni’s allies Matteo Salvini49, the leader of the League, at 9 percent and Silvio Berlusconi‘s Forza Italia at 8 percent,” The Times, a British outlet, reported. “The coalition’s combined share of more than 40 percent is likely to translate into majorities in both houses of parliament thanks to the electoral law, which favors party alliances.”
Speaking to a crowd of supporters in Rome, Meloni noted that the election results show that Italians “want a center-right government led by the brothers of Italy” and that her party will govern “for all with the aim of uniting [the] Country.”
“The situation for Italy and the EU is particularly complex and needs everyone’s contribution, and requires a calm atmosphere of mutual cooperation,” she said. “The greatest ambition we have in life is for Italians to be proud again to be Italian, to unfurl the tricolor flag.”
Throughout the election cycle, Meloni campaigned on the slogan “God, Country and Family” and has been a strong defender of the Christian nuclear family.
Predictably, US corporate media have gone into overdrive to label Meloni and Italy’s new governing coalition as “extreme right” and even “fascist.” (An NBC News report on Meloni’s expected victory Used some version of the term “fascism” 16 times.)
“The election results in Italy created the first far-right government since then [Benito] Mussolini,” a headline from The Washington Post read.
“Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni on course to win power in Italy,” Other from CNBC reads.
Meloni and her party’s success in Italy is not the only example of European voters rejecting failed globalist policies at the ballot box this year. Earlier this month, Sweden’s populist right-wing leader declared victory in the country’s national election and leftist Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson resigned from her post.
“Populist Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson declared victory for the four-party bloc”, AP. reported. “He said that his party would be ‘a constructive and driving force’ in the work to rebuild security in Sweden. He said it was “time to put Sweden first.”
As they have regarding Italy, left-wing rags such as Washington Post and The New York Times has done its utmost to label Sweden’s election results as a win for the “extreme right”.
Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He also serves as a state content writer for the Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood