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The political parties’ race to create memes about personalised number plates
Following Meloni’s announcement during the press conference after the Council of Ministers meeting, the social media accounts of the main political figures, on both the right and the left, have been ‘running riot’, as the Prime Minister had hoped, in an attempt to communicate their political stance, riding the wave of the latest trend
At least for today, the government and the opposition have been attacking each other on social media with slogans such as “R3M1GR4Z10N3” and “ANT1FASC1SM0”. Yesterday’s announcement at a press conference, in which Meloni revealed that vehicle number plates could be customised as one wishes, sparked a wave of online mockery, which the social media teams of various parties then joined in with. Consequently, while Italia Viva taunts the Prime Minister with "V41 4 C4S4", the FdI youth account fires back with "M3L0N1 2027".
Avs is handing out “C14LTR0N1” to members of the government, whilst Giuseppe Conte’s M5S accuses Meloni of saying “I DON’T CARE” in the face of Italians’ difficulties. Once these first few days of social media banter are over, the baton of creativity will pass to the Italians, whose imaginative efforts we’ll be able to appreciate simply by looking at the number plates on cars in the street.