After coming to power in 2022, the Brothers of Italy party and its leader, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, moderated many of their campaign stances, shifting from the right-wing populist and Euroskeptic views that Meloni in particular expressed while in opposition to previous governments.
These shifts included:
- European relations: Although Meloni had claimed that “no to the bureaucrats of Brussels” was an important part of her campaign platform, her first international trip after she became prime minister was to Brussels to meet with the president of the European Commission.
- Economic policy: Meloni abandoned some of her more costly campaign pledges, largely because of constraints imposed by Italy’s fiscal condition.
- Immigration: While Brothers of Italy candidates campaigned on a platform of secure borders and opposition to mass migration, Meloni’s government later worked out a deal to allow nearly half a million non-EU immigrants to enter Italy.
At the same time, Meloni and her party have continued to pursue symbolic culture war measures at home, such as directing Milan’s city council to end its inclusion of the children of same-sex parents in its civil register.