Meloni with Dua Lipa and Navalnaya among the 100 most influential people in the world according to ‘Time’

The first Giorgia Meloni among the 100 most influential people in the world in 2024 in the list published by the US magazine ‘Time’. The Prime Minister is included in the ‘leader’ category together with, among others, a Yulia Navalnaya, Donald Tusk, Javier Milei, Li Qiang.

Like every year, the new ranking was presented with the one hundred faces who stood out in the six categories drawn up by the magazine, from icons to leaders. Among the artists the protagonist is Dua Lipa, the 28-year-old British singer-songwriter and composer of ethnic Albanian origin from Kosovo. Among the leaders, however, the first is a woman, Yulia Navalnayawidow of the Russian dissident Alexey Navalny died on February 16 in the penal colony where he was held, described by the Western media as the leader of the opposition to President Putin. The Italian Prime Minister was included in this category.

In the fact sheet that talks about her, we read that “when Giorgia Meloni came to power in Italy in 2022, becoming the country’s first female leader, many observers had fears for her far-right party and the impact it would have on Europe and the world. Two years later, Meloni remains popular, not only in Italy, but also among Western leaders, many of whom have been cheered by his firm support for Ukraine (and, in particular, by his ability to persuade leaders like the Hungarian Viktor Orban to support European funding in Kiev)”.

“Meloni – we read again in the American magazine – has not completely abandoned his right-wing politics. At home, his government has pursued policies which, according to critics, silently erode LGBTQ+ rights. At the European Union level, he has been accredited as the driving force behind the bloc’s approach to immigration, which includes paying countries like Egypt and Tunisia to stop would-be migrants from leaving if Europe’s right-wing bloc expands after June’s European Parliament elections, as expected from the polls, Meloni could emerge as its natural leading figure.”