Javier Milei “It is bringing a true cultural revolution to a nation that is Italy’s sister and that, like us, shares the idea that a policy based only on subsidies leads countries to the abyss.” Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni takes to the Atreju stage to personally introduce the guest of honor for the 2024 edition, the president of the Argentine Republicreceived by an ovation from the public. “Like us, Milei knows that work is the only true antidote to poverty”, adds the prime minister, asking the public for “a big round of applause” for the politician received yesterday at Palazzo Chigi. “Argentines and Italians have been deeply united for many generations”, says Milei at the beginning of his speech. “That’s why here, more than among friends, I feel like part of the family.”
The United Right
According to the Argentine president, “the right must fight together like a phalanx of hoplites or like a Roman legion, where no one breaks formation”. Milei declaims his ultra-liberal political manifesto in front of the Atreju audience: “In our government we adhere to a series of non-negotiable principles, which are that the free market produces prosperity for all, that government must be limited, that Argentines know better than a bureaucrat how to produce, who to employ and who to negotiate with. And when it comes to safety, we say that whoever produces them pays for them. In short, we defend life, liberty and private property.” For Milei, “the traditional recipes of politics have failed”, while his “work”. Then, the unexpected quote to underline “the need to give life to an internationalism right-wing”: “As Lenin said, who was a ‘Zurd’ but who must be listened to, without revolutionary theory there cannot be a revolutionary movement”. Zurdo is a derogatory term in Argentine Spanish used by right-wing activists to define those on the left.
Applause and ovation
At the end of his speech, the Argentine president shouted the now famous slogan “Long live freedom, dear!” several times. The audience – made up mostly of Melonian supporters and many FdI parliamentarians – responded by applauding with the cry of “Freedom! Freedom!”, and then stood up at the end of the speech, amidst enthusiastic applause.
The television interview
“Taxes are theft, they are paid with a gun to the head. They are rubbish.” And again: “Abortion? A murder.” Milei thought about purity. Even before taking the Atreju stage, the Argentine president lets loose in an interview with Qfourth republicof which some previews were released. “What we did – explains Javie Milei to the microphones Rede4 – It’s very interesting: we cut the expenses that steal from politics and public works, including all transfers made to the province. When it comes to social spending, we basically eliminated the middlemen, who kept half of the money they received.”
Milei says she is “against any type of abortion” considered “a homicide aggravated by the relationship” between mother and child. He even makes a comparison: “I’ll tell you in these terms. Would you like to visit Buenos Aires? When I get back, I’ll invite you to get on my plane. What happens while we talk on my plane? I’ve changed my mind and I no longer want you get on my plane and consequently I open the door and say to her: ‘Jump down’.
“There is no doubt, I, trump AND Melons we are changing the world’s vision”, says the Argentine president interviewed by Nicola Porro. Who also dispenses sweet words to the owner of Tesla: “I have an excellent relationship with Elon MuskI feel like he is a savior. I could compare him to Michelangelo, to Leonardo, he seems to me to be an admirable being. This person dazzles you. I don’t understand why you should care about a social benefactor.”
The ultra-liberal politician attacks “socialism”, defined as “a phenomenon that impoverishes, fueled by envy, hatred and resentment”. The enemy to fight: “This socialist plague is over: worse than a plague, a cancer.”
