Achievements and contributions.
Deepened energy and strategic relations with Algeria through gas-supply deals and launched the ‘Mattei Plan’ to foster broader investment-driven partnerships with African countries.
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Championed reforms to strengthen prime ministerial powers and introduced the ‘Stabilicum’ electoral law to increase governability via majority bonuses and pre-election PM candidate designation.
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Pursued reforms including abolition of abuse-of-office crime, changes to wiretap rules, and the comprehensive ‘Nordio Bill’ to reshape prosecutorial powers and judicial oversight.
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Meloni was awarded Ukraine’s Order of Liberty and Spain’s Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, recognising her leadership and support in European and bilateral relations.
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Ranked among Forbes’ three most powerful women, named to Time’s 100 most influential, awarded Atlantic Council’s Global Citizen Award, and labelled Europe’s most powerful person by Politico Europe.
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In 2025, Meloni negotiated the release of journalist Cecilia Sala from Iranian detention, personally welcoming her return and coordinating a reciprocal release of an Iranian engineer.
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Promoted Italy’s cultural heritage by inaugurating a major Tolkien exhibition and endorsing conservative thinkers like Roger Scruton to articulate her movement’s values.
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Harms and documented concerns.
The ‘Decreto Lavoro’ and welfare overhaul drew criticism for increasing job precarity and leaving some poor ‘employable’ households without support after replacing Reddito di Cittadinanza.
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Meloni’s opposition to same-sex marriage, surrogacy bans, and resistance to hate-speech protections led LGBT and human-rights groups to describe her politics as anti-LGBT and hostile to ‘gender ideology’.
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Past praise of Mussolini, retention of neo-fascist symbols, and defense of far-right figures led historians and watchdogs to criticize Meloni’s ambiguous stance on fascism and rebranding of post-fascist politics.
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Publishing a rape video of an asylum seeker and endorsing ‘ethnic substitution’ and Great Replacement theories led to condemnation of Meloni’s rhetoric as xenophobic, Islamophobic, and promoting racist conspiracy narratives.
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Meloni’s government’s handling of ICC-indicted Libyan general Osama Almasri—including arrest, release, and repatriation—triggered a Tribunal of Ministers inquiry into possible aiding and abetting and embezzlement by Meloni and ministers.
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A decree restricting citizenship by descent to children or grandchildren of Italian-born citizens was criticized for sharply limiting rights of millions of Italian descendants previously eligible under broader jus sanguinis rules.
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Meloni’s strong pro-Israel position, refusal to recognize Palestine, and limited response to ICC actions against Netanyahu were criticized as diplomatically isolating Italy and downplaying international law.
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Foreign Minister Tajani’s statement that international law ‘is valid only up to a certain point’ regarding Gaza’s blockade was condemned by Italy’s Society of International Law as unconstitutional and embarrassing.
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Meloni advocated vaccine hesitancy during COVID-19, questioned pediatric risk, and pledged to dismantle mandates, attracting criticism for undermining public health despite later policy reversals.
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Meloni’s confrontational rhetoric on immigration, gender, and national identity has been described as fueling hate toward migrants and marginalized groups, though supporters view it as plain-speaking conservatism.
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