Giorgia Meloni’s summer: “I jump through hoops to be with my daughter”

Lhe private life of Giorgia Meloni with the rise to Palazzo Chigi has inevitably changed. And now there first female prime minister in Italy, in an interview with Who in which he drew up a balance sheet on the first ten months of government, he admitted that on the more personal side «le waivers there are many, surely»: «Sometimes I miss everyday life, the little things, even the simplest ones. My life has always been a race against time, but now it’s like never before. Because of this I jump through hoops every day to compress my crazy schedule as much as possible and carve out as much time as possible to be with my daughter Ginevra». The child, seven yearsis the fruit of love with the journalist Andrew Giambruno. The two, who are not married, have been a steady couple since 2014.

In the new interview, the premier confessed that staying at Palazzo Chigi is like living on “a roller coaster 24 hours a day”: “Sometimes you get the desire to get off that roller coaster, to stop for a moment and go back to normal. But it’s a thought that only crosses your mind for a few moments and then fades away. Because you know that what you are doing has a purpose, a greater sense». In this summer 2023, however, in addition to the blitz in Albania, guest of Prime Minister Edi Rama, Meloni managed to indulge a few days of relaxation with the family in Ceglie Messapica, in the Brindisi area: “I managed to carve out a few days off. I had to succeed. I haven’t stopped for more than two years and, at a certain point, excessive tiredness risks making you lose lucidity and concentration». Hence the words of love of the leader of the Brothers of Italy towards the Apulian region: «It is known that Puglia is one of my favorite destinations, except that it is the main enemy of my diets».

Meloni then spoke of some of his official trips in which he brought his daughter with him: «President Joe Biden was very kind to have us visit the White House in Geneva. But many other leaders have also shown their attention and sympathy. Whenever I deem it possible, I take Geneva with me, to spend some time together and to let her live new experiences. With her by my side I feel stronger».

On the other hand, Giorgia does not fail to mention and remember her daughter in many of her political arguments. “I am a mother” it has also become a meme and a slogan taken up by everyone. In the midst of the electoral campaign, in September 2022, school had begun and Geneva, then 6 years old, had started first grade: Meloni had shared a message to her daughter on her social networks, to celebrate the first day of school. In her photo, the little girl walked with her mother, who held her hand while in the other I carried the little girl’s trolley backpack: “Here you are, with your huge schoolbag, facing the first day of elementary school,” Meloni wrote. «We hold hands as we meet our toughest challenges».