They instinctively look for each other at the peaks. They tend to discreetly move away from the crowd and have a laugh together. Favors and courtesy visits are returned. There is undoubtedly chemistry between them. And this weekend they were able to exploit their love political as never before in the so-called Atreju Summitin honor of Atreyu, the warrior boy of The endless story.
Georgia Meloni (Rome, 1977) and Rishi Sunak (Southampton, 1980) form the couple of the moment on the European board, with the ubiquitous Elon Musk as godfather y Santiago Abascal as witnessat the meeting of the hard right that is held for four days in the Italian capital and which this year has as its illustrious special guest the premier British.
United against the irregular immigrationunited by fantasy books and films, both admirers of the thinker Roger ScrutonMeloni and Sunak have strengthened their ties at the festival that since 1998 has served as an amalgamation for ultra-conservative youth.
Five years ago, the star at the Atreju Summit was the brain of Donald Trump, Steve Bannonwhich unequivocally proclaimed: “Italy is now the center of the political universe. Giorgia Meloni and Matteo Salvini They are subversive. Yours is the most important experiment. From here the revolution can begin.”
The other guest of 2018 was, by the way, Nigel Farage, the founder of Ukip, another in love of Meloni, whom he even entertained with these words: “The torch is now in your hands.” A year later, the main protagonist was the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbanwho spoke for all populist leaders: “We are forced to fight an unfairly difficult battle.”