Sacre Bleu: Giorgia Meloni Laces Into ‘Gang of Six’ Who Exclude Her From Helping To Choose EU Commission President

Italian premier becomes the face of a revitalized right while remaining steadfastly Atlanticist, irks France’s Macron.

AP/Geert Vanden Wijngaert
From left, Hungary's prime minister, Viktor Orban; Bulgaria's prime minister, Dimitar Glavchev; Italy's prime minister, Giorgia Meloni Malta's prime minister, Robert Abela; and Lithuania's president, Gitanas Nauseda, at Brussels, June 27, 2024. AP/Geert Vanden Wijngaert

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, in a fiery address to the Italian parliament, excoriated the gang of six that excluded her from participating in the selection process for the European Union’s top jobs. And now Ursula von der Leyen will receive a second mandate as EU Commission president — without Signora Meloni’s assent.

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