Women leaders and wholesome politics

Hmmm…Italy's Giorgia Meloni, Britain's Liz Truss

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Back to the question we considered a few days ago: Put a woman in charge of a country and does that automatically mean all will be well? ( Click here to have a read of my New European piece on the subject.)

No, it aint necessarily so.

As I said before, having a woman in charge of a country doesn’t always mean the automatic application of healing and centring techniques that allow the nation to slow down, breathe mindfully, listen to itself, ‘feel’ what’s going on and focus its energy on holistic growth.

We have previously considered Liz Truss as Britain’s prime minister, come September 5.

Now, let’s look at Giorgia Meloni as Italy’s prime minister after the September 25 general election.

Can there be less healing leaders than Ms Truss and Ms Meloni?

Ms Meloni is a particularly interesting example of a politician who would break the glass ceiling and simultaneously usher in the kind of politics that we hoped Italy had left behind with Mussolini.

If Italy’s Sept…