Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "How Meloni Became the Most Popular EU Leader" video.

  1. It's kinda true for a lot of western countries, leaders start out good, riding the wave of popularity to get into power, but then end up not delivering on the promises made and performing poorly on the economy, which is what most voters really care about. We'll have to see what she's like near the end of her term.
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  2. Basically, leaders across the board are unpopular, even in Italy, she's just the best of a bad bunch lol. As for why she's popular, that's hard to say, but her party is a new party in power, Macron when he got into power in France was popular early on, but that can change overtime, maybe in Italy they are giving her the benefit of the doubt for the first year or two to see what she delivers, after that, Italians will likely turn on her and the party if things do start improving in the country in a big way, after all, just like Macron, she got into power because people want change and people expect to see results over the first term. The alarming thing for her, even thought she's the more popular of the leaders, it's still a poor approval rating and this is happening in a lot of countries around the world, voters are getting fed up with the current crop of leaders and parties that are not doing enough to improve things from the bottom up, much of which led to Trump getting into power in the US, Brexit in the UK and the popularised movement around the EU, voters want major change, and they are willing to vote more radically to get them. Also, moderating as a party will appeal to more voters, parties that stay to the far left or right, they might have a chance of gaining power at times, but it's unlikely they will hold onto it, most of the public are moderates and want stability, far out views from the far left and right would rock the boat too much and likely would become very unpopular with the public, hence why her and the party has toned her views down a lot and why many far left or right parties are becoming less of a threat if they get close to or get into power, because they are not really far left or right any more, they've moderated enough to appeal to voters, we are seeing something like that across Europe, which is good because it's giving voters more choice, without the crazy views that would turn a country upside down.
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  3. Very true, she's still too early in her term, being a new party in power, she could be riding the wave of support on that, just like Macron did, but in the end, voters will expect results over the first term in office, if things get worse, her popularity and the party will drop a lot, if things stay the same, her popularity will still likely drop, just not as bad. In the end, she got voted into power because the public wants real change for the benefit, so the clock is ticking on her, and it's no different from when Trump got into power in the US or Brexit in the UK, people want real change to improve things, unfortunately, as we've seen in the US and UK, voters tend to misfire and make things worse, so the jury is still out on Meloni, but voters will likely start expecting some positive results over the next 2 or 3 years.
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