Why Giorgia Meloni’s Popularity is Fading

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A year after Giorgia Meloni took office, her popularity and approval is in decline and her government faces difficulties on multiple fronts. So in this video, we'll explore how Italy's migrant crisis and economic struggles have and will impact her tenure.
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[@JohnnyJaxmusic]

I loved living in Italy for 3 years but I saw a LOT of Italians didn’t. There are just so many issues. It doesn’t matter who wins an election, they always over promise and in the end won’t be able to stick to that promise. It’s a hard country to manage. I had the idea things were improving under Draghi, but that’s from a personal perspective. I’m sure many Italians will disagree with me

[@ChristaFree]

Which government in the world doesn't? I grew up in Italy, in the 80's prior to the EU. All of Europe was way better then than now. I last traveled to Europe, Frankfurt, in 2018. I couldn't even leave my hotel room after dark because of the "migrants" harassment. All of Europe is a shithole. I won't return to it.

[@asterock_1742]

Nono, i agree that with draghi things were going better

[@marcoac-sx6lq]

What exactly was going better with Draghi?

[@90PaMa]

​@@marcoac-sx6lqinternational reputation I d say, which doesn't sound much but it's paramount for Italy s stability

[@marcoac-sx6lq]

@@asterock_1742 Italy it's already a very auster country. What we produce has been more than what we consume for 20 years now. The balance becomes negative only due to the insane interests on the debt that keep build up

[@BlueFrenzy]

This is what happens when, instead of solving the problems your whole politic views consists in placing the blame of your problems on some strawman and then attacking the strawman.

[@evansnyamesah1755]

Facts 😂😂😂. It's easier to talk 😂

[@porter9276]

Deport. Deport. Deport.

[@Rjgxxx]

Fear is a much easier tool to burnish than hope, sadly. It's far easier to get people to turn on an "other" than it is to get people to put in the work to collaborate

[@diegoyuiop]

And then when things go bad in terms of the economy, the straw man is either Germany or the ECB. As usual

[@0xCAFEF00D]

Here in Sweden our far right party did the right thing. In the coalition they joined they don't hold any ministerial position. They're only really connected to the government through an agreement setting out their policy goals and they let the major right wing party govern even if they're almost exactly as big as thebiggest right wing party the biggest party (17.5% vs 19.10%). Much smaller parties (6.32% KD and 4.61% L) hold power. It's incredibly unlikely that there will be any blowback from their governments. I'm sure even absurd ideas like that they're still not accepted as a coalition partner by major parties will hold some sway. They get to govern without the typical political costs that come with governing. They get to say what the right wing government should do on their issues but hold no accountability. If anything goes wrong then they can just say that they would have done better.

[@Daisy_3011]

Because there's a huge difference between being good at elections and good at being a leader.

[@LisaGaming117]

Because she is a woman

[@porter9276]

Deport. Deport. Deport.

[@Doge811]

With half of the EU against..... For example in Tunisia she was doing the agreement and then EU stopped the money and sent their own delegations over concerns about Tunisia democracy ecc.... The Tunisian president didn't like it and didn't want to show himself weak so he just refused everything, she was doing it the EU made it impossible by not respecting the African leader in his own country. And anyway you don't understand that the left want to destroy every agreement want to regularize people and even give them citizenship...... The people will still prefer an incompetent who at least is pushing in the direction that they want to someone who is pushing in the opposite direction, indeed she is still leading the polls and by far she has more support now then when she was elected so.... Talk about what support Sholtz have become he should be at home with that approval.

[@paul1979uk2000]

True, and I find that over promising during the election and not delivering on those promises, only come back to bite them on the arse, we see this in a lot of countries around the world, where a lot is promised to win an election, but once in power, they have to come back down to earth and be more realistic in what's achievable, hence the honeymoon phase that last a year or so until reality kicks in for voters. The UK is getting the same kind of treatment with Brexit, reality of Brexit is really kicking in now. Basically, parties should stop overpromising to win elections, whiles at the same time being better at explaining to voters on what needs to be done to get the economy back on track, for good or bad and sometimes hard choices need to be made, especially in hard times, explaining that to voters better, might take some of the sting out of the pain, but the way things are, most voters don't trust what governments say. Italy are having more trouble than most modern countries because of its high level of corruption, north-south divide and high debt levels, basically, they need major economic reforms in the country to get back on track, something that's probably not easy to do with all the corruption around, but I feel if Italy doesn't do it, they are going to fall further behind other European countries, then many will end up using the EU has the scapegoat just like British voters did, even thought the real problem is more internal than it is to do with the EU, but people will want someone to blame and usually national governments blame the EU even thought most of the problems were created by the national government, Italy and the UK are a prime example of that over the last 15 years.

[@scifino1]

@@porter9276 Yeah, let's deport Meloni to Tunisia.

[@Il_Misantropo]

In the last political elections, it was a race to "the least worst"... Her opponents were disunited and the PD (the main centre-left party) came up with the campaign "vote for us because we are less worse than her". Not to mention that it is an old political class, distant from reality, from the changeability of the times and often disinterested in young people and anything that could change the status of things. At the end of the day, Italy is beautiful only for those who come to visit it and then return home.

[@mattiarubio3240]

Quality of life in italy, despite economic problems, is still miles better than the us and most of europe, maybe only topped by spain

[@Il_Misantropo]

@@mattiarubio3240 You don't have to convince me. I live there. The quality of life is decent only for those over 40. For young people I don't think so. And if I didn't have all the family connections and other things, I probably would have already packed my bags. What country has it become? Italy remained in the 80s and 90s. The ruling and entrepreneurial class still thinks on the model of the economic and real estate boom in an economy that is now stagnant at a global level or even in recession for any country. People who think that the problem is "synthetic meat" and not salaries stuck in 1995 and an inflation that breaks the legs of the lower-middle classes.

[@Andrea-pi4xv]

con le ultime elezioni inetdi quelle degli ultimi 30 anni

[@mattiarubio3240]

@@Il_Misantropo a third of italians that could have voted didn't. Italy needs a new strong anti us party, we need to stop funding their wars that cost us billions and we need to abandon their policies. Our economic miracle was based on a mixed economy with private entrerprize but a very strong public sector, now the few public companies we have left are being picked apart in order to pay off our debt, soon we will lose public health care if we go down this path.

[@StefanoDaGiau]

​@@mattiarubio3240 that's kind of bullshit for anyone who is not retired or about to. Younger generations have mediocre salaries, they will need to save up money they mostly don't have into private retirement plans on top of all the taxes they have to pay with the little money they earn, which is bullshit.

[@mirkoferrini6909]

As an Italian, I sincerely just see our own government as a big TV show to crack a few jokes and laughs about. If I take it any more seriously than that I risk to depress myself. There are no real politicians in Italy, at least the ones that win aren't

[@thenamesianna]

Stesso vale per me. Come si dice "ridere per non piangere".

[@Mike-hn4uu]

Its super sad. As an American I have an immense respect for Italian history and culture and the people.... I just can't understand why a country that seems so much smaller than us in every way seems even TOUGHER to manage, politically. Gives me less hope for our own shit show.

[@mygetawayart]

same. We don't even need comedians, they write the jokes directly into law

[@rshmnz]

You’re an Italian, so you will always complain, you will always criticise even good things about Italy. I’ve been living in Italy for 4 years now and you guys love to complain about your own country.

[@attenzioneallontanarsidall7940]

Do you prefer David Cameron's reliability and seriousness? Boris Johnson? Teresa May? Liz Truss? trump? ecc... ahahaha

[@zebergjo]

As an Italian, all i can say is that politics is just a mirror to the society, the core problem in my country is cultural. Whoever rules is exactly what we are.

[@ChristianIce]

Grazie, mi hai risparmiato i tasti.

[@zebergjo]

@@ChristianIce grazie a te christianairte, grazie a te!

[@ActualQ]

So you are basically saying you guys are all F4scists over there then? though I'm sure many Italians really don't think of Meloni as what she is. And yes, she is a F4scist, no question, no if's, no but's. Meh, good to hear directly from an Italian I guess.

[@or1on89]

@@ActualQno mate, he means we all want all the benefits without paying the price. All governments in Italy want to push old useless ideologies without any knowledge of the consequences…they speak about “this doesn’t work” but they never plan how to make “this” work in 5 years, they just put a PR patch while spending public money on boats, houses, golden pensions and private hires for their own lives. They miss important international meetings and keep lying about their fuck-ups because after a legislation they are paid for life and it won’t be their problem anymore. Bottom line, the cultural problem in Italy is the lack of love for the community, the lack of responsibility and the lack of national identity.

[@PorporaImperiale]

@@ActualQ Fratelli d'Italia took less than 35% of the 60% of the population at the elections the last year, so unless you can't do the math you should not say we are all fascist. I am a trotskist, my friend.

[@Adam-326]

Well, she said that she would find a solution to the migrant question and failed to do so. So, yeah…

[@maxharbig1167]

She did not say she would find (trovare) a solution. She said she would seek (cercare) a solution.

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

just like brexit.

[@InAeternumRomaMater]

Migration is a problem that takes a lot of time to solve, especially the fact that the problem is not in Italy, but Africa

[@InAeternumRomaMater]

​@@AlexanderKarlsson3277 Yeah and?

[@superjonne7916]

​@@AlexanderKarlsson3277that's pretty much the only positive thing about her

[@thelammas8283]

She has lasted for just over a year. For Italy’s top job, that’s an eternity.

[@Sophonizbah]

An Italian government lasts on average a year and a half. We will see

[@giovannifavullo7065]

As an Italian, who doesn't like meloni whatsoever, I'm so tired of this continuous cycle of new government that last around 1 year, nobody has the time to do anything, of course we are politically stuck from 20yrs ago

[@jdd5886]

Italy is like a hot potato being tossed around from one leader to another. Instead of focusing on real issues they only scream migration. Why not invest and creat jobs for the younger generation.

[@alicetwain]

The problem dates back to 40 years ago, when we first tried to change the electoral system to make the government less stable. Until 1992 we would have a rapid fire cycle of prime ministers, but a consistent centrist or centre-left government. (Mind you, I didn't even like DC.) The overall approach by the government would remain consistent for around a decade and this gave the governments time to work. We ourselves moved towards less stability and a more personality driven politics, a mincemeat with no ideologies or ideals.

[@chingron]

So you are like a typical californian who doesn’t like the Conservative Party and keep voting for the side that keeps ruining things and making it worse…

[@mirkoconte3121]

​@@jdd5886the younger generation is not wanted in Italy, demographics shows that people under 30 are just the 15% of the entire population. There are no youngs anymore, and italy will die because of their stoic elders.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

Because she's an Italian politician, and no matter what side they're on and what their policies are, this always seems to happen?

[@quuaaarrrk8056]

This is the definitive answer. Even if I thought her policies were great,I would totally expect this to happen. Italian politics basically are an infinite loop of voting for someone because the other one did nothing, and then the someone doing nothing and being replaced by yet another one.

[@neznamtija8081]

Says a lot about their culture- deceit, lies n controversy !! U just can’t escape it !!

[@shzarmai]

This is just What happens when the Land Question isn't answered...

[@user-gd1yg6le1h]

Italian is more corrupt then most ,not that uk is not

[@frittomisto153]

Because she is incompetent and corrupt

[@pauli2169]

Italy is the Argentina of Europe. Lots of positives and possibilities but corruption and politicians who do not understand economics will always bring it down .

[@lucabruognolo6247]

The problem started from south Italy. Northern part has a good economy, but unfortunatly not for long time..

[@johnnyflores5954]

That’s why their both similar in economic problems, especially Argentina. Most Argentinians, love to brag how much more European they are. Especially, how their off Italian descent.

[@TheJosman]

​​@@johnnyflores5954which is weird, considering that there are other white majority countries in Latin America (like Uruguay, Cuba and Costa Rica), yet only Argentines brag about being white. However, immigration is changing their demographics as well.

[@Daniele_A.]

The italians are the problem, italian politics is just the reflex of the italian disontrested behavior in their future

[@mirkoconte3121]

The concept of mafia (ndrangheta, mafia, camorra) is also really important, since has corrupted a good 60% of the entire political scene.

[@lordbendtner9328]

It's not Meloni who is in trouble, It's Italy.

[@geridelbello4480]

Honestly, living in Italy I don't think Meloni's popularity is failing. As a first point, it must be said that she has never been popular (in the last elections only 64% of voters voted, and Meloni's party took only 25% of the votes). As a second point, it must be considered that opposition parties are less popular than government parties. The distrust that Italians have in political parties is certainly the most popular thing in Italy.

[@SirAlric82]

People who don't vote don't count.

[@nanopartikel]

In Germany the same !!!

[@shawn47240]

Well, if you don’t think so, then it must be true!

[@Churros1616]

25% of voters sound like a lot to me. In the Netherlands the biggest party only got 25% of the voters.

[@geridelbello4480]

@@Churros1616 well, 36.1% of Italians did not go to vote, and 1.7% voted blank ballot... it had never happened in Italian democratic history. In practice, Meloni was voted for by 15.5% of voters. I didn't follow the Dutch elections much but, if I remember correctly, the turnout was much higher.

[@GoofusPlays]

She promised to cut immigration then just turned around and increased it

[@edwardpi9852]

She might wore too many flip flop sandals during hot summer days in Italy.

[@pand9293]

The immigration from Africa increased by itself, she didn't increased it.

[@AlexanderLittlebears]

It was clear from the beginning. If you respect the liberal-democratic order you won’t be able to change anything.

[@Demopans5990]

Can't stop migrants just by building a bigger wall. Need to ensure that the place isn't crappy so people feel no need to migrate

[@AlexanderLittlebears]

@@Demopans5990 That's impossible, you can't shift from the stone age to a functioning modern society in a few years. It takes a lot of time and we can't wait to close the border.

[@jimmeltonbradley1497]

Like all right-wing populists, she promised quick and simple answers to complex questions. The causes of large scale population movements are many and varied and, as we've learned in the UK "stopping the boats" as a policy, just doesn't work.

[@valentinovazzoler]

In a TLDR way: Reality strikes back against Meloni

[@sobhansarthak6000]

If stopping the boats were that easy Indians would have easily stopped British East India company.

[@sdpearshaped831]

You could look at it that way, but also Italians like throwing out their leaders after one term.

[@Sizdothyx]

Why doesn't stopping the boats work? It works here in Asia. What's stopping you from, you know, enforcing laws as they are. It's really simple: you want to come to Italy, do it legally. Why is this such a strange concept to you?

[@peterflohr7827]

If the quick and simple answers were possible previous governments would have done it already.

[@theconqueringram5295]

Voters should realize that one person cannot solve their problems. It's a team effort and you need different people with different sets of skills and knowledge to solve different problems that could interconnect.

[@Ninnoa]

It is her job to gather those teams.

[@markholland7322]

i get the impression that a large part of the electorate, and especially pensioners, do think that one man can be the saviour and resolve all the problems of the world - especially if they have no political program and little or no experience in politics - depending on the demographics of your cpuntry residence you are doomed

[@lukemoonwalker8444]

she's not ruling alone, she has Ministers, it was her choice to pick incompetent or straight up criminal ones.

[@retromaniaco_br7422]

@@Ninnoa Not at all. That's why people choose politicians for the lower houses (like senators and stuff), but most of people only care to choose the president/PM and vote in whatever they saw in the last minute for said houses. The result is a cracked government.

[@gking407]

Except no one needs fascists’ opinions on anything

[@rafaelinhos]

In Italy We need only a few things : 1-Jobs. 2-A welfare state that works properly. 3-The safety in our cities. If You (elected government) aren’t able to assure me these 3 fundamental things,You’re failing completely.

[@ludacorleone8563]

we are doomed italy economy is dead

[@fortitudo2110]

@@ludacorleone8563 It is not just our Italy, all the world is going that way. Nobody is able to fix our country is no man or woman capable to do that, we will soon be out of business and than we will start againg.

[@ludacorleone8563]

@@fortitudo2110 nah dude many countries have higher salary and shorter working hours italy is totally fucked there is 0 legality in jobs,start again? nice joke

[@BadgerGirl]

those three things are undeliverable which is why every election is fought on them in every democracy in every country and never delivered, they make nice promises but are impossible realities. jobs are the realm of the free market all a government can do is try to make the country attractive to companies, but that comes with costs, someone aways pays for tax breaks and infrastructure that makes a place attractive to companies. a welfare state will never work right as it will always walk with the right-wing around its ankles safety is the responsibility of the people, you can pump all the money and manpower in the world into policing and all it will do is start an arms race with criminals, safty starts at home by dealing with poverty, fostering community and speaking up, eod the kid getting beat every day by there dad is tomorrows abuser, the kid growing up on nothing is tomorrows thief, the kid growing up being SA'ed by there uncles is tomorrows nonce, crime and abuse is a cycle and only every day people standing up when they see the root can stop it. the world isn't less safe because of governments, the world is less safe because the boomer generation didn't care about anything beyond their nose.

[@adamtarnowski343]

Wow, they gave her like a year? Italians are not interested in patience, that's for sure.

[@lucadesanctis563]

Every politician sucks balls here.

[@PoisonelleMisty4311]

Italian politics can sometimes seem like a fantasy world itself.

[@mzo.7333]

Populists are great in campaign mode.. terrible in government

[@klatkaytfafik509]

Exactly

[@Chrysobubulle]

Its because she can’t really apply her program. They should sink the boats, the migrants wouldnt come anymore

[@jeanclaudejunior]

True

[@allergy5634]

Populists are no different to the career politicians they criticise. They get to power by lying, backstabbing, overpromising and then fail to make good on their promises. The only difference is they shout the loudest

[@jw841]

Well the so called non populist leaders seem just as bad or worse. Maybe its the current political system and new monetary system that need a whole new look at. Hopefully one day a new AI overloads will do a better job?

[@judewarner1536]

"No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy". The political equivalent is that no beliefs or policies of a new leader survive contact with the reality of government.

[@1991ace1]

Even if she is loosing support, the opposition is so weak she doesn't need to worry at all

[@alexlaza5301]

Honestly, I don't think anyone in any ideology spectrum could solve Italy's economic problem😐

[@NPC-bs3pm]

Well you could do major austerity but then . . . you know that was how the Socialist Party monsters of Germany in 1933 got in.

[@countercuIture]

Tifa Lockhart can. Idk if Italy is ready for it though

[@NPC-bs3pm]

@@countercuIture I guess.... she could deal with the Zombie-migrant infestation better than anyone.

[@filippomeuti9617]

​@@countercuIture i am

[@nonradicalnationalist6608]

Unless emperor augustus and emperor aurelian come back to life

[@BrandonBDN]

“Her popularity is so high!” “Her popularity is so low!” “Her popularity is so high!” “Her popularity is so low!” Basically the news I’ve been receiving since she was elected

[@pritapp788]

I've posted that complaint many times too on TLDR's videos. They do too much content that focus on polling numbers rather than actual events.

[@SirAlric82]

All the while ignoring the fact that the oppositions are so bad that there's basically zero chance for them to go back in power for the foreseeable future. Which is why the current government coalitions keeps winning local elections one after the other regardless of what the biased left wing media claim about Meloni's popularity.

[@patrickbateman1660]

Really? When she was elected it was high and now it's low. Hardly crazy

[@stefanoa9100]

As an Italian I personally dont see all of this populatity lowering of Meloni.

[@b0redom782]

yeah when your entire campaign is being "anti-establishment", when you become the establishment that tends to backfire

[@stevef9530]

As the Left well knows, being itself now the establishment but clinging grimly to the ‘standing up against evil right wing tyranny’ narrative.

[@AlfPi_YT_Productions]

Corsica and Sardinia has left the chat

[@georgefocaru8652]

Thanks!

[@TSGC16]

She promised a reduction in migration and then immedeatly imported 300k LEGAL migrants

[@diegoyuiop]

It's funny that one of her ministers said we need 500k more immigrants which not even the left ever said. Quickly backtracked but there you go

[@Doge811]

She didn't do that she was talking about the next years, and anyway there is a difference between who in the first place........ And the ability to choose, either you come at our rules or go back.

[@IconoclastX]

that's a strong woman leader for ya. And let's stop with this categorization of this chick as "far right". Nobody in the "far right" supports women in leadership positions or would permit abortions at any stage. I know, because I actually am far right. This is just another case of the left being so radical that moderate fence sitters are turned into david dukes.

[@nonradicalnationalist6608]

She is most far left ruler italy has ever have

[@aristocraticrebel]

It's also nonsense. Italy has high youth unemployment.@@diegoyuiop

[@giantWario]

Wut? Last time you made a video about her ''popularity'' she was at -1 approval rating and now she's at -3 according to the same poll you used last time from Morning Consult Pro. Sure it's a dip but certainly not one I find important enough to make a video over. She still remains the most popular politicians in the EU by far. Which is kind of pathetic mind you but to be fair, politicians seems to be getting more unpopular everywhere.

[@francescomariaraimondo3395]

A national poll made public literally yesterday showed that if we were to vote today, her party would get 29%. That's 3% more than a year ago when Fratelli d'Italia came up as the most voted party in Italian elections. 29% is a 0,3% growth over the 28,7% of last week polls by the same pollsters, which was a growth over the previous week on its own. At this time, I would not have expected this video!

[@sparky6855]

This is even less noteworthy when you consider the fact that literally any politician’s popularity will slowly decline over the course of their term

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

only in europe. poorer countries love their leader.

[@00dude3]

Look up Hitchens quote about opinion polling

[@ad_astra468]

Exactly what I wanted to comment, she has underperformed in her first year even according to her but clearly Italians still believe in her to do better in the second year.

[@faizalmacho8960]

Love your sharing Walk the Talk or keeps talking

[@markotrieste]

Because she had to deliver on her impossible promises 😂

[@LisaGaming117]

Women can't lead a nation

[@Doge811]

With half of the EU against..... For example in Tunisia she was doing the agreement and then EU stopped the money and sent their own delegations over concerns about Tunisia democracy ecc.... The Tunisian president didn't like it and didn't want to show himself weak so he just refused everything, she was doing it the EU made it impossible by not respecting the African leader in his own country. And anyway you don't understand that the left want to destroy every agreement want to regularize people and even give them citizenship...... The people will still prefer an incompetent who at least is pushing in the direction that they want to someone who is pushing in the opposite direction, indeed she is still leading the polls and by far she has more support now then when she was elected so.... Talk about what support Sholtz have become he should be at home with that approval.

[@IconoclastX]

It's not impossible. Deploy the navy and stop being a vassal for U.S. open borders policy. Very easy. The problem is the lack of action not the concept of stopping illegal immigration into your country. Now if you mean the promises are impossible because no politician especially a girl is going to stand up to the status quo; then yeah I agree. But the act itself is very simple

[@paul1979uk2000]

Yep, it reminds me of the Conservative Party in the UK that overpromised on Brexit and now are very unpopular because they can't deliver on what they promised. I know why parties do this to win elections, but the more they overpromise, the more likely it's going to come back and bite them on the arse when reality kicks in on what they can really do.

[@aristocraticrebel]

Stopping migration from outside isn't impossible. far from it.

[@thomasdoubting]

Don't help those that would not help you if things was the other way around. The Golden Rule applied in reality.

[@MaxpunchIDK]

I mean 1 year in office is a achievement for an italian MP.

[@diegoyuiop]

Average is around 14 months since WW2, I think she can easily get more than that! But not as much as Berlusconi

[@ffarkasm]

R.I.P. Corsica and Sardinia. You will be remebered. :(

[@steppenwolf1872]

Italy needs 10 years of Mario Draghi but unfortunatelly is impossible...All the others are simply not fit to the task.

[@spanellaful]

I’m Italian and looking at polls, Meloni still has a lot of consensus so the title of this video is surprising.

[@foicex]

TLDR is a bit left leaning, so the titles will tend to be alarmist againts the right, and more lenient on the left

[@niedude]

​@@foicexI would say they're centrist more than left leaning, really. They do try to portray themselves as left leaning (and I do believe they think of themselves as leftist or left leaning) but if you read between the lines and critically examine what they are lenient on vs what they present as somewhat negative, it's hard to see them as anything but centrist. Maybe center-left if you're really generous...

[@Il_Misantropo]

I'm Italian too, and Meloni has consensus only because Italians are idiots in general. Those who have a degree certainly did not vote for her IF they are not an entrepreneur or a fascist at heart.

[@iaboiler]

Tldr is very left. Everyone knows that.

[@marcocarlson1693]

Correct. The title of the video is absolute fiction from someone who is just political, and wishing and hoping for something that doesn't exist, or simply doesn't have any idea of what the real political scene is in Italy. But decided to do a video anyway about nothing.

[@pif5023]

As an young Italian I am so disillusioned with politics. You can’t measure what they say because what they say never works, whether right or left. Information is hard to come by too. Somehow in Italy money doesn’t work, it doesn’t move things and no one seems to understand why. There is so much money leakage due to corruption that is unsustainable and the wealthy are the least inclined to invest. It’s so depressing.

[@nobodynobody7713]

There is a third choice.

[@optick3554]

Its a lot easier to run for office than it is to run the office.

[@marcosadun]

Why the island of Sardegna is missing from the graphics?

[@spencore]

No one talks about the main issue of Italy... its completely mafia run

[@ludacorleone8563]

very corrupted country

[@karankapoor2701]

So in short ....she isn't being far right

[@Doge811]

No listen to the leftist...... Mussolini... Fascism... Democracy at risk 😂😂😂😂😂

[@soundscape26]

She would hardly be

[@nonradicalnationalist6608]

If she was whole world would panic there are actual far-right parties in italy but they don't even have a 1% support meloni is not even right wing as trump

[@ten_tego_teges]

"Hard right" is 1990's conservative.

[@armingleiner5292]

Sadly. She needs to deploy the Italian Navy and not let a living soul into the country.

[@sdngy]

Same story since I was a kid, the political landscape in Italy has always been more or less a mess with back and forth moves whatever the political formation in power.

[@raymondwebb4179]

Plus they were ordered to pay compensation to oil drilling firm rockhopper , a year ago but still haven’t paid up,

[@azahel542]

I mean, she is all bark and no bite. And she barks a lot...

[@mikon-]

Italian politics are wild! Man, they should make a reality tv show out of this.

[@fullaregrets5015]

Called it.

[@WFASPigeonGang]

Guys, what the hell are you smoking? If you look at all surveys you can clearly see that it's popularity is stable, like in the past year. It's not fading at all.

[@MrKojaksrollneck]

Finally a good news story

[@WannabeChiara]

Just found your channel. GG to host and team. Great videos 🇮🇹

[@nickkausch1107]

Italians and their buyer's remorse on politicians strikes again

[@ad_astra468]

Still the most popular politician in the EU, I don’t know what you’re talking about.

[@nickkausch1107]

Nobody is popular atm. That doesn't mean she's popular, just the most popular in an unpopular group. Tell you what, if she sticks around for two full terms i'll come back to this comment and eat crow.@@ad_astra468

[@pand9293]

Her party is +5% compared to the start of the government

[@lucadesanctis563]

Other parties arent better. There's a reason why we are declining since the 80's

[@IconoclastX]

not sure what they'd thought would happen when they elected a girl. As if a female is going to be bold and stand up to the globalist open borders agenda.

[@MerryRedRose-ez6ih]

May be because my friend has the name Nita nearly the same as Italy. My friend worked in computer fandvinternet. He is in Sumedang.

[@Jonas_M_M]

The bank windfall tax was a horrible idea to begin with, and nobody is surprised by the government's excessive borrowing.

[@alextabet9247]

People are generally completely disconnected from reality. Politicians must pander to those unrealistic expectations during their campaign, and once elected, must convince their constituents of the new reality. Some voters will buy it, others will not.

[@grsafran]

The new reality is that Italians are not as well off as they think they are, And are never going to be as well off as they think they should. There are only two types of Italians, the very few that are rich and everybody else. Same here in America

[@west5828]

They should not promise anything before the election otherwise face jail

[@alextabet9247]

@@west5828 I agree, but sadly, politicians write the laws, and they make sure that above all else, they make themselves immune to most crimes.

[@icyr0bin-794]

italians voting for a fascist and then somehow being surprised that the fascist has zero solutions to any of their problems lol

[@sirpaillasson2671]

A faschist would run the country better. First, no migrants at Lampedusa.

[@ryancruz1876]

@@sirpaillasson2671Meloni is a fascist.

[@cristianbalan518]

If this video wasn't brought by ground news, I would've been concerned

[@grumpiesttitan7930]

Make a video on the situation in Sweden

[@TDCflyer]

....Popularity is Fading - well, yeah, she couldn't possibly deliver after all those false claims and promises

[@gaffalstudios3617]

2:05 Where did Sardinia go lol??

[@lorisbonotto1598]

3:39 there are several mistyping on the chart

[@tjq15]

THE IRISH FLAG! I’m losing it Lmao

[@LauS0]

It's hard when Germans dump migrants in your country

[@Ultima-Signa]

For 20 years now Italy has been the country that packed its african immigrants into one-way busses and trains that sent them to Austria, France, Switzerland towards Germany.

[@LauS0]

@@Ultima-Signa They are an entry country they have to do that

[@Ultima-Signa]

@@LauS0 No they don’t. That’s a lie. They would have to register them in Italy and then either shelter them or deport back them to their country of origin. So then why are you saying Germans? Is Italy a German country now? Didn’t know that. Italy has been doing that, not Germany. Germany is the country that takes the migrants from all other European countries, because they send their migrants to Germany and if they wouldn’t those countries would descend into chaos and crumble. Now the same countries are blaming strawmen and everyone but themselves in an effort to distract from their own failures. And idiots fall for it

[@Ultima-Signa]

@@LauS0 Germany actually is the country that would be in the right to deport all of the migrants back to Italy etc. … but Germany doesn’t do that.

[@LauS0]

@@Ultima-Signa Not really, the EU has an agreement that they have to get immigrants from entry countries

[@attenzioneallontanarsidall7940]

To tell the truth, Giorgia Meloni's popularity, after the latest polls this Monday, has been rising and has remained stable since the elections, always around 30%

[@lukemoonwalker8444]

Party popularity and leader popularity are two very different things.

[@attenzioneallontanarsidall7940]

@@lukemoonwalker8444 Meloni is always popular, he is in first place among the political leaders in Italy. The problem is that the data shown in the video does not correspond to reality.

[@lucaorlandi289]

I am Italian but this video Is not so true . Meloni Is popular in Italy .The surveys today give her 27% .I think She will be Prime Minister for a long time

[@antonioldesma]

Hope you have already started working on a video about the situation in Spain…

[@antoninodarioconti6347]

It was clear from the beginning. Immigration is a topic bigger than the EU. She had no hope.

[@DaweSMF]

I disagree, its bigger than individual nations that are part of EU. Change needs to be done on EU level. One nation cant make change if the rest of EU doesnt follow. Where else (higher level) you would deal with it? UN? It doesnt have any power. EU and only EU can solve EU immigration issues, problem is EU is made out of many nations with very different politics - EU should stay economic pact and maybe have schengen area for free travel, thats it. Not this United States of Europe thing.

[@nonradicalnationalist6608]

She could easly stop it

[@AlFreeman-xy4jy]

@nonradicalnationalist6608 no, not with the naval blockade, as illegal immigrants arrive by boat from the sea and are considered shipwrecked and, by international law, it is a duty to assist them and give them refuge, on pain of retaliation and various embargoes by the international community. Minister Salvini tried this two years ago, now he is on trial in Italy.

[@armingleiner5292]

How? Just deploy the navy and dont let a living soul into your country. How is that so hard???

[@nonradicalnationalist6608]

@@AlFreeman-xy4jy Then don't let the ships arrive in the first place

[@gp-1542]

Italy’s “honey moon” phase is quite fascinating Then again, looks like the current government is it’s own worst enemy

[@Spong388]

Yes and no, we all think our government is something we have to “survive” at all costs, so it means that everyone avoid to pay taxes or to take everything from it we can, even if we don’t need it. It goes without saying that this country isn’t and never will be a serious country.

[@jakalordarkblood4331]

When you're so fast the people are commenting about the schedule rather than about any mistakes.

[@666wurm]

3:42 I am sorry but this graphics looks messed up. Those dates make no sense.

[@lampcrow5453]

A respectable length of time for an Italian PM lol

[@thepatriarchy819]

As an Italian American, I can see why my family left.

[@eddiecalderone]

America has been always the promised land. It also depends when your ancestors left to America. Italy has had a lot of emigration waves. I have Italian heritage too with extended family in New Jersey and Rhode Island… but live in London

[@alb7568]

Your not allowed to talk politics with Joe bidon aș your prezident 😂😂😂😂

[@thepatriarchy819]

@@alb7568 falsely elected* child predator * president

[@Kenny_Blender]

The thumbnail caught me off guard.

[@BenjySanry]

You forgot to add the islands of Sardinia and Corsica!

[@NoidoDev]

She needs to take in ideas about migration from wherever possible and really do what she can. It's not a border issue, and pointing to the EU won't be enough.

[@josipag2185]

She needs to take them then to Germany like Germany is paying to get Italy loaded. They want to save lifes? Perfect, I ams superhappy, but then their must take them in Germany or whatever country that wants them, or even Brussels, or take them back where they came from.

[@jamesmacinnes8397]

You used the irish flag 😂

[@NoidoDev]

Both like drinking, singing and dancing. 🤷‍♂

[@joeb5080]

@2:18 RIP Balaeric Islands, Cyprus, Sardinia, Corsica, and half of Greece.

[@iambicpentakill971]

"It is certainly a very complex problem" **shocked Pikachu**

[@Keln02]

This is when Far right governments find out that governing isn't just saying what's popular

[@2hotflavored666]

Don't forget the Far left

[@badluck5647]

This is more of a populist issue than a far-right issue. Latin America has been dealing with this kind of incompetence for decades regardless of the left-right divide.

[@piesezpetersburga7254]

Don't forget the center. Some people will always be disappointed and you can't make everyone happy. If you promes far right policic and try to moderate them, then none will be happy.

[@LauS0]

It's hard when Germans dump migrants in your country

[@badluck5647]

@@LauS0 Germany is taking immigrants from Italy - the port of entry. The issue is that countries like Poland and Hungary aren't taking their fair share of the burden.

[@Drewstir68]

Going from like 35% to 50% isn’t that bad, seems like most leaders have this because they overpromise

[@nlpnt]

Really, we should all think of campaign "promises" as opening offers in negotiation with the opposition.

[@aristocraticrebel]

Why is the replacement of European populations even on the table in the first place?@@nlpnt

[@Snow2.065]

​@@aristocraticrebelBecause not just Italy, but the whole EU would eventually dissapear without It.

[@elementallynx493]

​@@Snow2.065No it wouldn't lol, you don't need immigrants from anywhere other than Europe. If there were less people to take care of which would be a result of deportations that would ease some institutions, then work on proper funding and people can afford housing and better education.

[@aristocraticrebel]

The EU would disappear anyway then. Those people will never be European.@@Snow2.065

[@Hay_dean]

0:55 mmm…where did Sardinia go??? 😮

[@manaskhatua5965]

It is also the responsibility of people for good leaders to keep them active in their work for require productivity.

[@mzo.7333]

Very common of populist politicians they provide simple answers to complex issues... and can never deliver on it

[@nonradicalnationalist6608]

It's not about can it's about not They don't do things they promised because they did not run election for ideology or people they did it fore money

[@lamogio7938]

A simple solution is not a problem The problem is that she refused to act on it

[@mzo.7333]

@@lamogio7938 because the solution is not as simple the way it was presented . If it was simple it would be implemented and solved

[@lamogio7938]

@@mzo.7333 it is simple She is just afraid of letting the coastal guard get rid of the migrants and thus violate international laws. Laws whose worth is lesser than the paper they were written on.

[@mzo.7333]

@@lightcatango8299 its not simple. People that govern find out that they can't just do what they want without considering wider impacts and interagency connectivity. Otherwise populist all over the world would have solved said issues

[@ellens2454]

the people just dont want migration. you either please your voters by being hardline or get criticized hard by the eu or human rights organizations. its that simple

[@pritapp788]

" get criticized hard by the eu or human rights organizations" If only it was just that. The EU can do more than just bark at Italy/any other country, it has the power to apply actual sanctions.

[@ellens2454]

@@pritapp788 thats true. eu leaders love to destroy europe for some reason

[@josipag2185]

​@@pritapp788 But ofc. Giorgia needs to organize their transport to Brussels and Germany but very low key and in a way that italian government couldn't get in the trouble and let them deal with them. Italy if doesn't want inmigrants, just needs to have 100% capitalistic state and 0% socialistic (or as low as possible). It will work, they will go Sweden, France, Germany and other big socialist states. And ofc, if they again want to repart immigrants per states Italy will always be backed with Poland (even Denmark) and Hungary on this one. She just needs to do it.. well, not publically like DeSantis did. Like if Germany have the boats that save them(that is fine) but then bring them to Italy (they should then go to Germany with them) sure that italians can arrange their tansport to Germany, with love.

[@patrickbateman1660]

The Eu literally had to help her in her immigration plan with Tunisia. Without the EU she literally would have done nothing.😊

[@Leo_Leonis]

0:49 sardinia: aight imma head out 😩🖐️

[@Derf876]

Fascinating that from reading the comments many parallels can be drawn with the UK gvt. Which leads to me think Italy’s problems are generic / thematic / universal (as opposed to specifically Italian).

[@Mychelo]

You want populism, economic populism and nationalism, this is what you get and this is available for all the countries and people who support this kind of ideology. 😂😂😂

[@aristocraticrebel]

As opposed to what exactly?

[@xenogen]

As always EU blocking everything decent.

[@MrThePsychologist]

well techincally she could stop all that i hope italy will now apreciate haftar and support him

[@wizzohizzo]

That went soar quickly 😅

[@mohitjangra8582]

Modi :-Don't afraid I am on the way😂😂😂😂😂

[@edwardpi9852]

Lovely! He is not moody in any way. I promise on the campagin trail. What you know, if watch videos sleepy Joe seems to like not moody Modi?

[@56ty_]

I disagree on almost everything with Meloni, but what’s really hurting her is the clowns that make up her government. Inept people who can’t get ANYTHING done.

[@aristocraticrebel]

This is true in pretty much any Western country today. It's because of the insane juristocracy. Activist judges will just shoot down anything that goes against their globalist agenda.

[@PoisonelleMisty4311]

it's like watching Harry Potter

[@romangeneral23]

I guess being a Fascist in Italy can only last so long... Maybe she couldn't get the trains to run on time.

[@orleanist]

Where is sardinia?

[@BGpomakTR]

She gave her word...in any case of illegal invasion on their Islands, she be sending the italian navy..instead she called for help from Brussels..she lied to her own

[@pand9293]

No she was talking about a european naval blockade before the election

[@NoidoDev]

She could only do this if she would be willing to break the law and soldiers would be willing to do so as well, police not intervening, and so on. It's a promise made for dummies and uninformed people. The only thing that might work is creating places where refugees are safe, which are outside the EU, and then deport them there. Also, making it as unattractive as possible to stay, to have children, to get citizenship, and so on. For example, let them pay for everything, give them debt, including the children, as soon the are 18 and need anything from the public services. Not based on their legal status, but on the fact that they didn't pay a certain amount of taxes and their parents didn't as well. Something like that.

[@federicofossati7521]

About migration, there is a very old story that you can see here below. Good luck if we are thinking of stopping the migrants in this way. Honestly, I do t see any good solutions unless we go back to 91. About Living in Italy, we had a fantastic 80' and now those years are just a dream. Please check the salary average in Europe for the last 10 years (Italy). You will find one of the tickets to understand this country.

[@cesarecertosini4202]

The 80s were the start of the Italian collapse. At least according to any single metrics. Then if you prefer to live with what the former socialist party (which then ironically became Berlusconi's) propaganda always says, then it's up to you. But in the world of reality and numbers the 80s were the years when Italy sold his future condemning the generations of those born after 1980 to poverty

[@pulokdev1514]

Ahhh..... all good things must come to an end

[@giovannidambrosio4425]

Where the heck did Sardinia (and corsica) go?! 😂

[@masterofthesun138]

I'm Australian and really love your channel. But I've never heard the term "irregular migrants" before even as someone who is broadly supportive of liberal migration policy "irregular migrants" seems like a joke a right-wing comedian would make about "crazy lefties" 😂

[@hagdore]

Could have something to do with their bowel movements 🤷‍♀️

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

its explained in other videos. regular migrants are migrant from ukraine, the rest are irregular migrants.

[@masterofthesun138]

@@rizkyadiyanto7922 isnt that just legal and illegal migrants. Correct me if im wrong

[@greasybrownie]

How can you be Left on migration when migrations just saturate the job market and gives the workers less movement in pay negotiations lmfaoo. I'm aussie too x

[@strife2746]

How you can still be supportive of a liberal migration policy when you see what it does to Europe is astonishing.

[@Makeyourselfbig]

Italy isn't alone. It appears these days that voters in most western nations appear to prefer the comforting lie to the unvarnished truth. Politicians, especially on the right have caught onto this. So they pander to it with populist promises they either can't or never had any intention of keeping once in power. I put it down to ageing populations. They tend to look back on their younger days through rose coloured specs and will vote for politicians who play on their fears of crime, immigration, social changes etc and promise to miraculously bring those days back and restore the nation to whatever vision they had of it. On top of this they won't have to lift a finger or alter their lives in any meaningful way for it to happen. Of course it's all rubbish. No nation lives in a vacuum, especially smaller ones like Italy. They have to conform to the world around them whether they like it or not.

[@mx2000]

Why? Because she is prime minister of Italy. That's how it works in Italy.

[@ziqi92]

Why is Italy always deadlocked politically anyway?

[@ARUchannel1]

because they are too passionate talking but cold at working

[@cesarecertosini4202]

Because Italians don't want to face reality: the economy path repeatedly voted in the last 40 years is suicidal and the country would need to go in the complete opposite direction from a cultural, social and economical standpoint. However Italians think to be the best in the world and can't admit that the country is fucked up (the lowest numeracy scores in the "western" world don't help on this). Hence it's easier to blame the current politician and vote for the next one selling impossible things; then those promises being impossible aren't fulfilled and the circle repeats.