The Government decorates Giorgia Meloni

The Government decorates Giorgia Meloni. Cartoon of 15/12/2024 in CTXT

Translation of the cartoon. Above: cordon sanitaire. Below: fascism

Spanish Government decorated Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, this distinction recognises the "extraordinary merits" of a civilian nature of those persons who contribute to friendly relations with the Spanish nation and the rest of the international community. The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, was presented with the Collar of the Spanish Order of Carlos III.

While the King is the Grand Master of the Order, "the Minister of Foreign Affairs is the Grand Chancellor of the Order of Isabella the Catholic. He is responsible for submitting to the Council of Ministers for approval the draft Royal Decrees granting the Collar and Grand Cross degrees and for granting the lower degrees on behalf of His Majesty the King". Royal Decree 2395/1998.

And what are the merits of this woman for the government to organise a tribute to her? Well, potatoes.

But perhaps they have planted the medal on him because of his declared adoration for Benito Mussolini. And although you will again hear and read some people repeating that Meloni is not a fascist. To give you an idea of the extent of his extremism, Mussolini's granddaughter left Meloni's party because she considered it "too right-wing".

They don't hide it. Even Meloni's party logo shares familiar fascist elements, such as the tricolour flame.

Many of the commentators in the "generalist" media were quick to tell us that nothing is wrong. It's no big deal. That this institutional touting is absolutely trivial and that the medal is given as a matter of protocol, but the symbolic weight of the gesture reeks of what it reeks of.

The same people who only two days ago were calling on us to stop the advance of the extreme right at the ballot box and to stop fascism wherever it makes its presence felt with a permanent cordon sanitaire, now find it cool and normal to entertain one of their representatives in Europe.

If you have never been disappointed by the PSOE, you were either born yesterday or you have lost your memory completely. This is what they said in May 2024 about Meloni.