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Weidel, Meloni, and Le Pen: the rise of women who dominate three of Europe’s main far-right parties | Department of Sociology

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“The parties of France, Germany, and Italy have historically defended the traditional family model and gender roles, and that reject feminism. However, three of the main far-right groups in Europe, traditionally male strongholds, are led by women. And not only that: since they took over, their parties have experienced exponential growth, achieving historic results in recent years, becoming one of the leading political forces in countries like Germany and France and rising to power in Italy. Giorgia Meloni (1977) is undoubtedly one of the most visible faces of the European far right and has gone the furthest. The Italian Prime Minister's party, Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy), has revived the slogan popularized by Benito Mussolini, "God, country, family," and she has described herself thus at numerous rallies: ‘I am Giorgia, I am a woman, I am a mother, I am a Christian, and you can't take that away from me.’ In France, Marine Le Pen (born 1968) can be considered the pioneer of

“The parties of France, Germany, and Italy have historically defended the traditional family model and gender roles, and that reject feminism. However, three of the main far-right groups in Europe, traditionally male strongholds, are led by women. And not only that: since they took over, their parties have experienced exponential growth, achieving historic results in recent years, becoming one of the leading political forces in countries like Germany and France and rising to power in Italy. Giorgia Meloni (1977) is undoubtedly one of the most visible faces of the European far right and…

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