The candidate of the Italian Prime Minister said deliberately "restricting China", a scholar: affected by the attitude of the United States against China

[Global Times Special Reporter Xie Yahong] The Italian Brothers Leader Georgia Melonony recently told the media that if the right -wing league she led to win the election next month, Italy will seek to restrict China's economic expansion and continue Military support Ukraine.

According to Reuters report on the 25th, Melonini said in an interview that the next Italian government will have to face a rapid international pattern. Russia and China are challenging the West and said that under her leadership It will become the "weak link" in Western alliances. She also said that inadvertently implementing the memorandum of understanding of the "Belt and Road" construction signed by Italy and China in 2019, "I have no political will to support China to expand to Italy or Europe." She added that she opposed the development of electric vehicles in Europe, saying that related policies would only benefit China.

Due to the resignation of former Prime Minister Delagi in July this year, Italy will hold a parliamentary election on September 25 and elected the new Prime Minister. At present, polls show that the right -wing alliance consisting of the Italian Brothers, the Alliance Party, and the Italian Power Party is leading. Among them, the Italian Brothers Party has the highest support rate, so Melonney is likely to become the next Italian Prime Minister. Meloni served as a youth minister in the government of former Prime Minister Berluskini and established the Italian Brothers in 2014. In terms of specific policies, she has changed from suspicion of Europeanism to currently supporting European integration. However, she has always advocated a tough attitude towards illegal immigrants and supported weapons to Ukraine.

The Italian Brothers Leader Georgia Meloni (middle). Picture source: Foreign media

Melonney rarely issued opinions on the foreign policy and China route. She mainly focused on people's livelihood and economic issues. This is why her party faction has obtained a high support rate. But in recent times, Melonney's negative remarks and actions have increased. In February, she met with the anti -Chinese writer Zhang Jiadun during his visit to the United States; at the end of July, she also met with the representative of the Taiwan authorities' "Representative Office in Italy" and called it "ambassador" in her Twitter account.

The Italian newspaper website commented that the United States has always wanted to seek politicians who confront China in the Italian government. In the right -wing league, the Italian force party led by Berlusco has always adopted a pragmatic attitude towards China. The internal attitude of the former Deputy Prime Minister Salvini's alliance party has different attitudes to China and repeatedly, and Melonney looks like a suitable candidate.

Fabolo Massimo Parandi, an expert in the Institute of International Relations, Italy Institute of International Relations, said in an interview with the Global Times on the 26th that the attitude of the United States' confrontation against China has a great impact on Italian politics. This is also an important reason for Melonney's "Atlanticism". The cancellation of economic cooperation with China is not beneficial to Italy, and the United States will not provide economic benefits to make up for the sacrifice of Italy. Even if Meloni is in power, its willingness to cancel China will be resistant to public opinion.

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