Center-right coalition is a tsunami, record of seats for Meloni’s party
ROME – An overwhelming majority of the Center-right, both in the Chamber and in the Senate. With an army of deputies and senators for Giorgia Meloni’s Fratelli d’Italia. It is the new framework of the Italian Parliament, which emerges radically changed by the last political elections. Continue reading→
Italy says: “Let George do it!”, Giorgia, to be precise
TORONTO – This expression, of debated origin, but popular in the 20th century English lexicon, was used to “defer responsibility for some task or action to some unspecified other person”. Italians have placed their trust in Giorgia.
She is Giorgia: from “the people’s daughter” to prime minister in pectore
ROME – Her political history begins thirty years ago in a Roman section of the Fronte della Gioventù (the Youth Front of the far-right party MSI) where she arrives and, simply, knocks on the door. It is 1992 and she, Giorgia Meloni, is 15 years old and attends the linguistic school “Amerigo Vespucci”. She does not come from any “lineage” of the Roman right but, like so many of the ones who embraced political militancy in those years, she comes from a particular family situation: her mother, Anna, is separated, and also has another daughter (Arianna), and she does the most varied jobs to get by. All three live in a 45 square meter two-room apartment, a spartan home, without a sofa and with a single table where they can do their homework, eat and rest their elbows to watch TV. Giorgia and Arianna sleep on a mobile bed, “one for the head and one for the feet”, located in the corridor. Continue reading→
Meloni: “Sarà un Governo a trazione FdI. Oggi abbiamo scritto la storia”
ROMA – “Oggi abbiamo scritto la storia. Non tradiremo la vostra fiducia. Siamo pronti a risollevare l’Italia”. Così la futura premier Giorgia Meloni sui socials, dopo la grande affermazione di Fratelli d’Italia (primo partito con il 26%, secondo i dati che arrivano a scrutini ancora in corso) e la netta vittoria del Centrodestra (43%, contro il 26,2% del Centrosinistra)…
La furia di Fiona sul Canada atlantico
TORONTO – Piogge, venti e mareggiate molto violente. Case trascinate dalle onde, tetti scoperchiati, alberi divelti, fili della luce abbattuti, detriti ad ogni angolo…
Bassa affluenza, scatta l’allarme per le Comunali e in Quebec
TORONTO – Mentre in Italia si vota per il rinnovo del Parlamento, in Canada scatta l’allarme affluenza. La disaffezione degli elettori canadesi per l’appuntamento alle urne, in tutti i tre livelli di governo, è un dato ormai assodato che si è consolidato nel tempo…
Comico e ridicolo, esempi nell’istruzione pubblica
TORONTO – Se un’immagine vale 1.000 parole, l’immagine comica e burlesca dell’insegnante transgender dell’Halton Public District School Board (HDSB) potrebbe rivelarsi un proverbiale punto di svolta nelle scelte dei genitori per le scuole…
Elections in Italy: Fratelli d’Italia first party, the Right coalition wins
ROME – Everything as expected, or almost: even if as we write only exit polls are available, the crushing victory of Fratelli d’Italia, the first party, is already evident – according to the data of La7 – with a percentage included between 23 and 27%. Continue reading→
Fiona’s fury over Atlantic Canada
TORONTO – Rains, winds and storm surges very violent. Houses dragged by the waves, roofs uncovered, trees torn apart, wires of light knocked down, debris at every corner.
Burlesque and Ridiculous, Role Models in Halton Public Education
TORONTO – If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then the comical, burlesque picture of the Halton Public District School Board (HDSB) transgender teacher may turn out to be a proverbial game changer in parental choices for schools.