Giorgia Meloni becomes Italy's longest-serving prime minister since World War II

Rome. On Friday, Giorgia Meloni will celebrate an anniversary that will make you sit up and take notice: she will be the Italian Prime Minister with the longest term in office since the end of the Second World War. In a country that previously changed its heads of government every year, Meloni has ensured unusual stability over the past four years.

In a recent interview with the New York Times, she flirted with her entry into the history books. Because she is certain of this: Meloni not only looks back on the longest term of office of any prime minister, she is also the first woman to take on this office.

Above all, her time in government proves that it is possible as a member of a right-wing party to establish oneself in power in one of the large EU countries - especially one of the founding members. The roots of Meloni's Fratelli d'Italia ("Brothers of Italy") go back to the post-fascist parties in Italy, which became a rallying point for his former supporters after the death of the dictator Benito Mussolini.