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Italy election: why Giorgia Meloni’s far-right Brothers of Italy party is almost guaranteed to win

When Italy last held an election in 2018, the Fratelli d’Italia – Brothers of Italy – were minnows, taking a mere 4.4% of the vote. Now, ahead of the 2022 vote on September 25, opinion polls suggest the far-right group is on course for a historic victory that would make…

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Italian party expected to win election suspends candidate for praising Hitler

Calogero Pisano praised Nazi leader for being a ‘great statesman’

The Independent UK

‘We have reason to worry’: Italian left’s rising star Elly Schlein on the far-right threat

‘Italy’s AOC’ says the left has to try to regain trust and win over undecided voters before Sunday’s election

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Italy's frontrunner party suspends candidate over Hitler praise

The Brothers of Italy party, which is tipped to win national elections at the weekend, suspended one of its candidates on Tuesday after he was found to have praised Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler in online posts.

Reuters

Giorgia Meloni boosts far-right in Italy

Meloni leads Fratelli d’Italia, or Brothers of Italy – a party whose lineage traces back to fascists

Salon

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The Guardian - UK

‘Left on the streets’: migrants in Italy face fresh hostility as election looms

In Ventimiglia, life for those hoping to cross into France has become increasingly difficult

The Guardian - UK

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Who is running, how does voting work in Italy’s election?

Italy is set to vote in an election that will likely see its most far-right government in power since World War II.

Al Jazeera

Giorgia Meloni – the political provocateur set to become Italy's first far-right leader since Mussolini

In the autumn of 1922, Benito Mussolini, the ambitious and charismatic founder of the Fascist Party, became Italy’s youngest prime minister – seizing power in a march on Rome that ushered in a dark period of totalitarian rule.

The Conversation

Who is Italy’s leadership hopeful Giorgia Meloni?

After her party’s meteoric rise, Meloni could become the first far-right leader to guide the country since World War II.

Al Jazeera

Italian politics has been in trouble for decades. Now it’s heading for a new low

If Giorgia Meloni comes to power at the head of a far-right coalition, the economic and social outcomes could be terrible, says writer Jamie Mackay

The Guardian - UK

Far-right favourite to be Italy’s next PM softens on EU as election looms

Giorgia Meloni once railed against Brussels, but experts suggest likely successor to Mario Draghi has no interest in rocking boat

The Guardian - UK

Prospect of far-right female premier divides Italian women

Italy could be on the verge of electing its first woman premier

The Independent UK

How a far-right politician could become Italy’s first female leader

By any account, Giorgia Meloni’s rise is astonishing, write Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli. In a matter of weeks, she could become the prime minister of Italy

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

God, family, fatherland - how Giorgia Meloni has taken Italy’s far right to the brink of power

Brothers of Italy poised to triumph in next weekend’s elections in alliance with Salvini’s League and Berlusconi’s Forza Italia

Reuters

Italy election frontrunner welcomes CDP's move to delay bid for TIM's grid

Brothers of Italy is happy with a decision by state lender CDP to wait until after a Sept. 25 national election before bidding for Telecom Italia's (TIM) fixed-line grid, a top official at the right-wing party leading in polls said.

The Guardian - UK

Tough, determined, fascinated by Mussolini: Rome neighbours recall Giorgia Meloni

Residents in traditionally leftwing Garbatella district not surprised by rise of woman poised to be Italy’s next PM

Reuters

Meloni 'unfit to govern Italy' for defending Orban, critics say

Giorgia Meloni, likely to be Italy's next prime minister after elections this month, is unfit to lead the country, her critics said on Friday after she backed Hungarian leader Viktor Orban in a row with Europe.

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Reuters

Senior adviser to Meloni wants Italy's Treasury to be split up

A senior economic adviser to Giorgia Meloni, the front runner to become Italy's next prime minister, called for the Treasury to be split into two in order to create a separate ministry managing tax policies and fiscal reform.

Reuters

Italy's Meloni clashes with ally Salvini over energy crisis

Long simmering tensions between Giorgia Meloni, tipped to become Italy's next prime minister after this month's election, and her ally Matteo Salvini, head of the rightist League, have bubbled to the surface 10 days before the vote.

The Guardian - UK

Why Italy is on verge of electing its first far-right leader since second world war

Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy draw on a vein of fascism in a country that – unlike Germany – has never had to confront its past

France 24

‘We’ve tried them all, except Meloni’: Far-right leader tipped to become Italy’s first female PM

As yet unaffected by the slings and arrows of governing, Giorgia Meloni is poised to carry her hard-right Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d’Italia) party to victory in Italy’s general election on September 25, putting her in the running to become the country’s first female prime minister. FRANCE 24 reports from…

Reuters

Russian funding claims spice up Italian election

U.S. claims that Russia has given at least $300 million to political parties in more than two dozen countries sent a jolt through Italy's election campaign on Wednesday, with right-wing leaders denying they had received clandestine cash.

Reuters

Explainer-Rightist alliance set for Italian election victory

Italy votes in a national election on Sunday Sept. 25 after Prime Minister Mario Draghi's national unity government was brought down by party infighting in July.

The Guardian - UK

Italian politician demands ban on Peppa Pig episode showing lesbian couple

Brothers of Italy’s Federico Mollicone urges state broadcaster not to show episode with co-parenting polar bears

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