Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Why the EU's Right-Wing Groups Are Fighting Over Meloni" video.

  1. For Meloni, since getting into power in Italy, she's been moderating her and the parties policies in many areas, that's a smart decision because moderate parties are so successful because they are more likely able to work with others and are more likely to compromise in many areas compared to hard left or hard right parties, which rarely can get along with each other. The smart money would be on Meloni backing Ursula von der Leyen, as that would likely boost Meloni's influence in the EU, after all, it's probably not by chance why some of the far right parties have moderated their policies in many areas, they likely know, that's the only way they are going to gain any real power, after all, anger and protest votes at the mainstream parties will only go so far, most of the voting public wants moderation in their politics, not extremes and because of this, if any of the far left or far right parties want to be successful over the long run, they have to moderate there views and become centric parties, meaning they are not a threat apart from the current mainstream parties. This isn't the case if the majority of the voting public becomes radicalised, but we are a long way from that and it's clear to see that many of these radical parties are only doing so well because of anger from the voters at the mainstream parties, basically, it's a protest vote to teach the mainstream parties a lesson, but protest votes can only go so far, if many of the radical parties followed through on many of their views and make a mess of it all, let's just say, they likely won't hold onto power for too long and unlikely to win going forward, hence why Meloni toned things down since getting into power, she's been given a chance, but if her parties are to be successful on future elections, the policies had to be more moderated. With all that said, you can't rule anything out with politics, we've had crazy times throughout history with some bad decisions, but I think things would have to get a lot worse before people start voting too recklessly, so basically, it's a protest vote to teach the mainstream parties a lesson, but if the parties that do gain because of that protest vote, they will likely have to deliver on sound policies and likely will have to tone things down if they want that success to continue.
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