Amid severe [[inflation]] and [[energy]] shortages in [[Italy]] in 2022, the right-wing coalition won the majority of seats in parliament during the election, and on 22 October 2022, Meloni was appointed the next prime minister, succeeding Mario Draghi.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/24/italy-right-georgia-meloni-after-election-voting-closes</ref> The [[liberal media]] is calling her Italy's first far-right prime minister since [[World War II]]. [[EU]] [[dictator]] [[Ursula von der Leyen]] threatened the people of Italy if Meloni and her [[coalition]] win control of parliament.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/09/24/eu-commissioner-threatens-retaliation-against-italy-if-italian-voters-elect-the-wrong-political-leaders/</ref> Meloni opposes [[open borders]] and mass migration.<ref>https://rmx.news/article/italy-wont-bow-to-powerful-elites-in-favor-of-open-borders-insists-meloni/?utm_source=wnd&utm_medium=wnd&utm_campaign=syndicated</ref>
In September 2022, Meloni, who is fluent in [[English]], went viral in a post on twitter (that now has over 20 million views) of a speech she gave against the attack on traditional values.<ref>https://twitter.com/aginnt/status/1574267766269353984</ref> She has welcomed [[Elon Musk]] to [[Italy]] several times, including hosting him in June 2023, such that the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' described it as "one of 2023’s more unlikely trans-Atlantic alliances" particulariy on immigration, demographics, and artificial intelligence.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/tech/elon-musk-and-italys-giorgia-meloni-form-a-trans-atlantic-bond-228ffb16</ref>
==Prime Minister==