EXPERT COMMENT
Brussels should not accept everything the new Italian government proposes, but a fair and honest relationship is what Italy and Europe needs.
There is a spectre haunting Europe these days. No, it's not communism but the rise of far-right parties. In less than a month, far-right parties have been swooped up big chunks of popular votes in countries as different as Sweden and Italy.
However, it is the large electoral victory of Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy, and the likely designation of Meloni as prime minister of the new Italian government, that has so far attracted the most serious concerns. Her party's ambivalent relationship with its fascist roots has indeed sparked anxiety about the prospect of Italian democracy and the country's loyalty to the European project.
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