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Meloni finds herself with two hands out before the election, one from Le Pen, the other from von der Leyen and she will only be able to take one!
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has suggested Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni join forces with her in a new alliance as the EU's resurgent but divided nationalist parties prepare for European parliamentary elections. next month.
The move came as Europe's centre-left parties repeated a warning to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen that they would not back her bid for a second term if she sought the support of hard-right parties, including Melon's.
" Now is the time to unite, it would be really useful. If we succeed, we can be the second group in the European Parliament. I think we should not miss an opportunity like this ," Le Pen told Corriere newspaper della Sera.
Le Pen's bid would mean a general reconfiguration of the hard right in parliament, as Meloni's Brothers of Italy party is part of the assembly's other nationalist group, the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR).
Although polls predict hard-right parties could return a record 165 MEPs to the 720-seat assembly after the June 6-9 vote, as things stand, they will be split between two mismatched parliamentary groups and two non-aligned national delegations. connected.
Le Pen's radical ID group includes Geert Wilders' Dutch Freedom Party (PVV) and Austria's Freedom Party (FPÖ), while Meloni's more moderate ECR includes Poland's Law and Justice (PiS) and Spain's Vox.
Meanwhile, the 14 MEPs likely to be returned by Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party, plus up to 17 expected to be won by the AfD, would be "non-written" or without a parliamentary group, depriving them of their influence .
Le Pen's proposed right-wing "super-group" is seen as very difficult to materialize given the parties' factional rivalries, but whether and how they reunite could have an impact on the assembly's work and, ultimately, in the functioning of the EU.
Analysts say Melon's role in the post-election process will be key. The Italian prime minister has so far been largely constructive within the EU, winning the support of centre-right von der Leyen.
This has given Meloni unexpected leverage at the EU level, which, if she were to realign herself with Orban and Le Pen, she would inevitably lose. Moreover, many ECR members would not accept cooperation with more Moscow-friendly ID parties.
Meloni finds himself with two hands outstretched before the election - one from Le Pen, the other from von der Leyen. She will be able to choose only one ," said Nicolai von Ondarza, from the German Institute for International Affairs. Meloni said Sunday that he is not ruling anything out.
" My main objective is to build an alternative majority to the one that has governed in recent years, a center-right majority ... that will send the left into opposition ," she told Italian television.
But von der Leyen, who has repeatedly said she would be willing to work with Meloni and the ECR group after the election, also faces a dilemma.
Both the center Renew group and the centre-left Socialists and Democrats (S&D), set to finish second in the poll behind her centre-right European People's Party (EPP), have warned the outgoing commission chief against any agreement with the hard right.
The main left last week issued a statement ruling out alliances with the far right, and S&D group officials have said the group would not back von der Leyen for a second term as commission president if she sought support from the parties of extreme right.
Germany's center-left chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said on Friday that the next commission " must not be based on a majority that also needs the support of the far right ", and its president could only be chosen on the basis of support. from "traditional parties"./ Adapted "Pamphlet" from "TheGuardian"
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