If Meloni wins, Sunday's election will hand Italy its most right-wing government since World War Two.
German magazine Stern plastered its front page with a picture of Meloni under the banner: "the most dangerous woman in Europe".
Macron has privately told EU officials he is concerned about a Meloni victory, according to sources aware of the conversations.
rome-born meloni has a history of euroscepticism and shares Orban's anti-immigration views and the promotion of traditional family values.
"This kind of 'sky is falling' narrative out there about the Italian election doesn't square with our expectations," one U.S. official said.