Georgia Mellon appointed Italy's first woman prime minister

Friday morning, October 21st, Melon and its coalition partners, Silvio Berlusconi, leader of “Forza Italy” and Matteo Salvini, leader of the party against immigration “Lega Nord”, met with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the presidential palace, who accepted the list of ministers of the future cabinet government cabinet.

After the meeting, Melon told reporters that the coalition showed the president that she was ready to receive the mandate to govern.

Mellon and her allies face a long list of challenges, including increasing energy prices, fighting in Ukraine and a possible economic recession.

Mellon is the leader of the far right party “The brothers of Italy”, whose agenda has roots in Euroscepticism and the curbing of mass immigration.

In a Twitter post Thursday, Melon voiced its firm commitment to leading a unified new government.

“We are willing to offer Italy a government that can deal with today's challenges and emergencies,” she said.

Its enthusiasm was shared by other members of its coalition, with Salvin declaring that “ekip is nearly”, while Berlusconi declared that his party, “Forza Italy”, would provide a crucial “contribut” in the creation of the new government.

Despite securing a majority in the election, the right-wing bloc now faces domestic challenges.

Tensions between the two leaders -- Melon and Berlusconi -- have come to the fore, especially after the latter was seen describing the future prime minister as “overwhelming, arrogant [and] insulting” in his notes. Melon's response was no less direct: “I won't be blackmailed”.

The situation deteriorated after Berlusconi, an old friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was registered to say he had “rinded” his relationship with the Russian leader, with whom he admitted he had exchanged gifts and the highly affectionate <x2-letters”.

While Berlusconi has denied these events, the noise that erupted after the published audio has significantly shaken the coalition government's plans, especially given the firm pro stance. - NATO of Melon and its sentence for the invasion of Ukraine from Moscow.