Italy’s Iron Lady, Georgia Meloni, is the most powerful woman in Europe, according to a Politico poll. As of yesterday, the website had released a list of the most influential names on the continent, but in the last few hours, it has revealed the top one. Specifically, the personality whose word matters more than any other in Europe.

It is the leader of the Italian Brothers party, Georgia Meloni, who is full of surprises.

Firstly, because her party had the flavour of … dictatorship from the time of Mussolini, but also because she was not loved by many in her homeland.

But when she appeared publicly on the political stage demonstrating her skills, the diminutive prime minister of the neighbouring country managed to put a spanner in the works for all those who had discounted that she would have an expiration date.

The fact is, however, that before she was elected prime minister of Italy, hardly anyone knew her. All they knew was that her former partner and father of her only daughter was a left-wing journalist.

A year ago, Meloni publicly announced her breakup with rumours that her former lover was having a parallel relationship. However, many had stated that the couple’s relationship would not last due to their different political beliefs.

After the divorce, Melanie. took to the European stage, proving her diplomatic mastery as the camera captured her chatting with Mr. Tesla and a trusted associate of the newly elected US president. Some have suggested something is going on between them…

Now, as Politico reports, if someone wants to talk to Europe even if it’s Elon Musk – the world’s richest man and close adviser to Donald Trump, they’ll have to dial Melanie’s phone number.

In less than a decade, the leader of the (far) right-wing Brothers of Italy party has transformed herself from an ultranationalist puppet who took over as Italy’s prime minister to a commanding figure with whom Brussels and Washington can work.

Georgia Meloni began her political career as an activist in the youth wing of the neo-fascist Italian Social Movement, praising the dictator Mussolini as a “good politician who did what he did for the good of the country”. He was then targeted on the grounds that he wanted to drag European politics towards the far right.

Indeed, shortly after taking office as prime minister in 2022, the Italian politician was quick to promote (medieval-style) policies on issues such as immigration and the rights of the LGBTQ+ bi-sexual community that would once have drawn harsh criticism from Brussels.

Instead, the reaction from European Union leaders has ranged from indifference to approval, with many accepting Meloni as the delightful spokesperson “blossoming” on both sides of the Atlantic.

Conventional politicians are unable to deal with her on the European stage, while the 47-year-old Italian prime minister and mother of a girl insists on publicly using the masculine form of her official title, “Il Presidente del Consiglio”: loosely translated, this is a strong man capable of wielding enormous power at a time when the old continent lacks strong centrists capable of giving it the impetus to recover.

Meloni made headlines around the world when she won the title of the first female prime minister in Italy. Indeed, few at the time had predicted that her tenure would last in power.

To pundits, internal strife would inevitably break up her governing coalition of right-wing parties, just as Brussels did not look kindly on her.

After years of patience with the controversial views of Hungarian Prime Minister V. Orbán, many top EU officials were not thrilled with the arrival of a prime minister who has campaigned on “God, country and family” and formed a government with parties that have a sympathy for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In the past two years, however, Meloni has consolidated her government as one of the most stable in Italy’s post-war history. Although her country faces a massive national debt equivalent to 137% of its GDP, economists’ forecasts are not so threatening as to scare off foreign investors, who are attracted to the unusually calm political environment in her neighbor.

The cultured Meloni has contributed to the image of stability in the country. And when the president of the Campania region, Vicenzo de Luca, referred to the prime minister as a “bitch” at an election rally, Meloni didn’t chew the fat. He turned up at an event in his region and greeted the opposition politician, saying: ‘President de Luca, I am that bitch, Meloni. How are you?”

Andrea Giambruno – Meloni’s former partner

Her former partner – ten years her junior – is in favour of legalising cannabis, is a journalist for the Italian TV network Mediaset (Berlusconi’s), and is very fond of their only daughter, Ginervra.

He has a very close relationship with his girlfriend, Jinnah, who has a very close affinity for his daughter, Jinnah.

The couple may not have had a… wedding ring on the right, but the Italian prime minister was smitten with the bearded journalist from the first moment.

Initially, journalist Andrea Giambruno wanted to be behind the political spotlight. But when Meloni took over as prime minister of the eurozone’s third-largest economy, all eyes turned to him. Meloni and Giambruno met for the first time backstage at a TV show. He can’t forget that Meloni mistook him for an assistant on the show. They were brought together, he says, by the TV show “Quinta Colonna.”

“That’s where I met the man of my life. It was love at first sight,” Meloni has admitted, in an earlier interview with the “Libero” network.

One evening, Meloni arrived on the set of “Quinta Colonna”, hungry and tired after an intense day of campaigning. “Her spokesman pulled a banana out of her bag, Meloni took two bites and then handed it to me as she mistook me for an assistant rather than a reporter for the show… I don’t know, our eyes met for the first time and it felt weird. From that moment, I started to flirt with her,” the Italian journalist has said.

Meloni’s former partner is part of the editorial staff of “Open Studio”, the news program “Italia 1”. He has more than once been in the vortex of critical comments about his statements from the television set.

Among other things, he was accused of victim-blaming following his comments about rape in his TV show.

Andrea Giambruno, who presents the “Diario del giorno” (Daily Diary) show on Rete 4, was at the time commenting on the gang rape of a woman in the Sicilian capital Palermo, which made headlines.

“If you go dancing, you have every right to get drunk – there should be no misunderstanding and no kind of problem – but if you avoid getting drunk and losing consciousness, you can also avoid some problems and find yourself confronted with a wolf,” he had said on his show, with opposition politicians immediately condemning his comments.