Italy Rejects Perpetual Liberalism

The psyop that history moves only in one direction is becoming harder to defend

On September 25 Giorgia Meloni led her conservative Fratelli d’Italia party to a resounding victory in the Italian parliamentary elections. Fast on the heels of that victory was the first-ever Italian Conservatism conference, which I addressed in Rome this past Saturday. Organized by the European Conservative, in collaboration with Fondazione Tatarella and Nazione Futura, the conference brought together right-wing politicos and intellectuals from all over Europe to discuss the Italian election. (Earlier this year we interviewed Francesco Giubilei, president of Nazione Futura, here at Postliberal Order. Don’t miss the European Conservative’s coverage of the Italian election, and excellent coverage of European politics, as well!)

A few hours ago on Tucker Carlson Tonight I elaborated on how the victory strikes at the heart of liberal hegemony over the core EU countries.

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Gladden Pappin @gjpappin

For decades left-liberals have run this psyop that history is only running in one direction, producing more and more liberalism. For Italy to swing to the right—a founding member of the EU—cannot be overestimated.🇮🇹 I discussed @GiorgiaMeloni’s great victory on @TuckerCarlson!

I just got in from Rome. I spoke at the Italian Conservatism Conference. There was this huge victory as you mentioned of the conservative coalition led by Giorgia Meloni.

The Italian people have spoken, and they have elected a solidly conservative government. For decades, left-liberals have had this psyop that history is only moving in one direction, that it’s only producing more and more liberalism, and when there were conservative governments, we have one here in Hungary, with these conservative governments in central Europe, they could sort of dismiss that and say Hungary has its unique way, but the heart of Europe is not going to go this direction. Italy was a founding member of the European Union, it’s the third largest economy in Europe. For Italy to swing to the right, the importance of that absolutely cannot be overestimated.

The liberal ruling classes really didn’t want people to notice what was going on there. There’s been a discontented silent majority for a while, that’s been divided among a number of different conservative parties. But Italy was really hit hard by the migrant crisis in recent years. It’s really stagnated economically. Salaries haven’t gone up in about thirty years, something like that. So, there were a lot of elements there to be put together into a conservative victory and that’s now come about.

Watch this space for further commentary on the Italian election. In the meantime, don’t miss our interview with Francesco Giubilei earlier this year!