On Monday, Fratelli D’Italia (FdI) leader and likely future premier Giorgia Meloni told a meeting of her party's lawmakers that the solidity of the incoming centre-right government will be determined principally by the skills of the individuals that belong to it.
"I told our allies and I'm also telling you, the Fratelli D’Italia (FdI) team in parliament: we are aiming to give life to an authoritative government of a very high level that is based on skills," she said.
"We are aiming to give the nation the most authoritative government possible."
After FdI led the right-wing coalition to victory in last month's general election, Meloni has been working on her government team, trying to strike a balance that keeps both her party and its alliance partners happy, possibly with the inclusion of non-political technocrats heading some ministries.
Referring to the right-wing FdI, she said:
"We are inspired by no one and we want to be a model for others tomorrow."
These statements closely followed Meloni’s address to a rally of Spain's VOX group via video link on Sunday, in which she stressed that right-wing parties like the one she heads are "not monsters".
"We aren't monsters, people understand that," Meloni said, speaking in Spanish.
"Long live VOX, long live Spain, long live Italy, and long live the Europe of patriots.
"Only by winning in our countries can Europe become the political giant that we want, and not a bureaucratic giant."
Messages of support from former United States President Donald Trump and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban were also presented at Sunday's rally.
