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Contested memory in Giorgia Meloni's Italy: how her far-right party is waging a subtle campaign to commemorate fascist figures

Since coming to power, Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni and her party Brothers of Italy have repeatedly raised the question of who and what is remembered in Italy. They have paid particular attention to how the experience of Italian fascism is told.

The Conversation

Italian official rebuked for proclaiming innocence of Bologna terrorists

Marcello De Angelis, a communications chief for the Lazio region, said he knew the trio were not involved in the 1980 explosion

The Guardian - UK

Biden is welcoming far-right Italian Prime Minister Meloni for White House talks

President Joe Biden is set to welcome Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to the White House for talks

The Independent UK

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Italian prosecutors open an investigation after Placebo frontman calls Meloni a fascist, reports say

Prosecutors in Turin have reportedly opened an investigation after the lead singer of British band Placebo insulted Premier Giorgia Meloni during a July 11 concert

The Independent UK

How Europe’s far right is marching steadily into the mainstream

Whether in Italy, Spain, France or Finland, parties that were once outcasts are fast gaining respectability – and power

The Guardian - UK

Berlusconi’s death poses challenge for his party and for Meloni

Italian PM needs a stable Forza Italia but without its longtime leader there are questions over its survival

The Guardian - UK

Rightwing governor of Lazio region withdraws backing for pride parade

Decision is linked to row over government plans to criminalise people who seek surrogacy abroad

The Guardian - UK

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Italian government accused of exerting ‘ruthless’ influence at state broadcaster

Source claims Giorgia Meloni’s coalition seeking to ‘cancel Italy’s antifascism footprints’ amid series of high-profile Rai departures

The Guardian - UK

Italians condemn ‘insult’ of Austrian-Chinese ‘European mozzarella’

Brothers of Italy councillor in Veneto reports package featuring gondola and Tower of Pisa for ‘counterfeiting’

The Guardian - UK

Italy's Meloni distances herself from fascism on Liberation Day celebrations

Italy's ruling coalition has no "nostalgia for fascism", Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday, looking to push back against critics who have accused her Brothers of Italy party of failing to distance itself from its neofascist past.

Reuters

Analysis-Italian first! Meloni's nationalists defend cultural identity at risk of irking EU

Italy's culture wars have begun.

Reuters

MEPs condemn Italy’s move to stop registering children of same-sex parents

Decision against Milan city council is part of broader government attack on LGBTQ+ people, says European parliament

The Guardian - UK

Italy partisans criticize Meloni over Nazi massacre comment

Italy's premier has marked the anniversary of one of the worst World War II-era massacres in German-occupied Italy

The Independent UK

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