The Meloni effect: Has Italy's prime minister delivered on her promises?

According to France twenty-four, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has reached a political turning point. Since becoming the first female leader of an Italian government in September twenty twenty-two, Meloni has risen from poverty in Rome to the country's highest office. But three and a half years into her tenure, the honeymoon period is over. A judicial reform referendum this past March marked a significant defeat, ending the myth of her political invincibility as her government's term winds down.

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