Giorgia Meloni

Giorgia Meloni (born 15 January 1977) is an Italian politician and journalist. A member of the Chamber of Deputies in Italy since 2006, she has led the Brothers of Italy (FdI) political party since 2014, and has been the president of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party since 2020. She has served as Prime Minister of Italy since 22 October 2022.

I am Giorgia, I am a woman, I am a mother, I am Italian, I am Christian.

Quotes

1996

• Mussolini was a good politician, in that everything he did, he did for Italy. There hasn't been any other politicians like that in the last fifty years.
  • On former Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini in an interview with Soir 3

2019

• They want to call us parent 1, parent 2, gender LGBT, citizen X, with code numbers. But we are not code numbers… and we’ll defend our identity. I am Giorgia, I am a woman, I am a mother, I am Italian, I am Christian. You will not take that away from me!
  • At a political rally

2022

• Borders exist only if you defend them. Otherwise they do not exist.
  • "Is Giorgia Meloni the most dangerous woman in Europe?, The Spectator (20 August 2022)

• When I am something, I declare it. I never hide. If I were fascist, I would say that I am fascist. Instead, I have never spoken of fascism because I am not fascist.
  • "Is Giorgia Meloni the most dangerous woman in Europe?, The Spectator (20 August 2022)

• Yes to the natural family. No to the LGBT lobby. Yes to sexual identity. No to gender ideology.
  • At a rally for Spanish far-right political party Vox

2023

• The Ukrainian people are defending the values of freedom and democracy on which our civilization is based, and the very foundations of international law.
• Military aid was needed to help a nation under attack.
  • "From Ukraine to China, Meloni and Biden are closer than you think", Atlantic Council, 21 July 2023