Premier Giorgia Meloni stated on Friday that she would remain in opposition in Europe unless a “compatible” majority could be established.
This comes amid speculation that her Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group might attempt to replace the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) as the European Peoples’ Party (EPP) partner following next week’s European elections.
“I can’t be with the Left in the EU,” Meloni said in an interview with Skuola.net. “I think that a compatible majority must be built in Europe too. With rainbow majorities, you can’t do anything. We can find synergies in the centre-right, but never with the Left.”
She added, “I will defend national interests without being part of others’ majorities in the European Parliament.”
Domestically, Meloni’s right-wing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party is allied with the centre-right post-Berlusconi Forza Italia (FI) party, which is part of the EPP, and the right-wing League party, which belongs to the other right-wing group, Identity and Democracy (ID).
