« J’I saw too many people talking about me and my ideas not to realize the distance between me, my life and the story that is made of it. And I decided to open up, to tell who I am, what I believe in and how I got here, firsthand.Giorgia Meloni, more than a year after this publication, I am Giorgia. My roots, my ideascomes to power.
And to announce the program: The time for responsibility has come. The time when, if you want to take part in history, you have to understand what responsibilities we have, with regard to tens of millions of people. Because Italy has chosen us and we will not betray it like we have never betrayed it . »
Culture and Beauty
A fortnight ago, the actors of the cultural industries appealed to the candidates, to demand effective measures: protect copyright, improve current legislation, support the consumption of cultural goods and promote them to the public.
Giorgia Meloni’s program partly met these expectations – in particular with “the introduction of a tax deduction for household cultural consumption “. The promotion of Italian culture (understand: a national preference) in all areas was also planned.
EntitledCulture and beauty, our Renaissance(Culture and beauty, our Renaissance, to read here) the program has in its boxes a reduction in VAT to 4% for cultural goods, in order to encourage supply and demand, but “the measure must be progressive and compatible with the keeping of public accounts».
For the editorial sector, thestructural crisis, stemming from profound technological and market transformations», specific measures are planned. Giorgia Meloni proposes to revise Il Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza (the resilience plan presented in 2021), so that it integrates the book industry – energy costs and increases in materials being taken seriously.
But it is above all towards the media (press, newspapers) that aid is directed. On the other hand, she advocates thecreation of a new Italian imaginary, by promoting, particularly in schools, the history of great Italian designers and historical reconstructions“. In fact, the revaluation of Italian history will be one of the major cultural projects of his policy.
Finally, one of the most developed points will be the fight against cancel culture, and “censorship of literary masterpieces, to “protect” alleged sensitivities“. Meloni will be the leader of a fight against “the cancellation of ideas deemed not to conform to the single thought“. Fratelli d’Italia had already tabled a bill, and intends to fiercely protect cultural heritage. But sanctions are not enough, she says.
By promoting Italian identity and culture, Giorgia Meloni is convinced “that simply recounting the greatness of Italy, we will prevent an iconoclastic madness from descending on our nation: which, once studiedThe Divine Comedywould think about censorshipr » ?
Remember that Fratelli d’Italia is the title of the national anthem. A whole poem. Unrelated to those of Dante.
A blacklist
Roberto Saviano was one of the first victims of a new popular (populist) narrative, the victim of a fake news campaign. A message indicating that after the election of Giorgia Meloni, he was leaving the country caused a stir on the networks. In fact, the leader’s voters “invited” the writer to leave: “These are alerts. This is Italy waiting for us. They are already drawing up a first black list of enemies of the fatherland, thrown in the face of those who said that fascism was nothing else. »
For him, the ideology of Fratelli d’Italia “sums up all the worst aspects of the most reactionary Italian right“. Between clichés and intellectual contempt, “any writer or journalist who is not part of their teams should be considered a traitor“. And to drown the fish,they pass themselves off as democrats: except that these behaviors reveal what they really are ».
But the summary is simple:Giorgia Meloni is a danger, not only for Italy, but all of Europe.And to promise that the future economic model will draw its inspiration from Orbán’s Hungary, “which in a few years eliminated dissent and destroyed the economy».
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