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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Lega - What They Never Told You

‘Raise our heads and resist’: how Europe’s civil society is fighting back against the far right

Rightwing parties are using parliamentary queries, legal traps and policing to target NGOs and stifle dissent

The Guardian - UK

Italy's Senate delays vote on consent in sexual violence law until 2026

Italy's Senate delays a vote on a bill introducing consent in sexual violence law until February 2026, sparking criticism from opposition parties and raising debates on legal implications.

Euronews

Who does Italy's gold belong to? And why are we talking about it now?

A one-line amendment in Italy’s 2026 Budget has reopened the question of who controls the country’s $300 billion gold reserves, potentially threatening central bank independence.

Euronews

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Police raid headquarters of French far-right National Rally party

Investigation into alleged illegal campaign financing denounced by party’s leader, Jordan Bardella, as ‘harassment campaign’

The Guardian - UK

Europe’s right caught in wake of broken Trump-Musk bromance

If the spat between Donald Trump and Elon Musk escalates, where will Europe's right-wing and far-right parties stand?

Euronews

‘I will not eat the bugs’: examining a right-wing narrative about scarcity and insect consumption

Noor Bin Ladin, a right-wing influencer, stridently declares “I don’t want to eat the bugs” on a talk show hosted by a former adviser to US President Donald Trump. Laurent Duplomb, a senator from the conservative Les Républicains party in France, informs his colleagues that the French would be eating…

The Conversation

Press freedom and pluralism face ‘existential battle’ across EU, report finds

Exclusive: Several governments are attacking or weakening media independence, Civil Liberties Union for Europe says

The Guardian - UK

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Giorgia Meloni’s government is still supporting Ukraine and backing NATO. Italy’s aerospace and defence sectors help explain why

US President Donald Trump’s pivot toward Russia amid its war in Ukraine has collided with the stance of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government, which has always shown unwavering support for Kyiv as well as loyalty to Washington. When Trump came to power, Meloni wanted to appear connected to his…

The Conversation

How the far right is weaponising AI-generated content in Europe

Experts say fake images raising fears around issues such as immigration have proliferated since EU elections

The Guardian - UK

Fistfight erupts in Italian Parliament as tensions rise over expanding regional autonomy

Tensions in Italy’s lower house over a government proposal that opponents says will further impoverish the poorer south erupted into a fist-fight that sent an opposition lawmaker to the hospital

The Independent UK

Italy's Meloni will welcome the G7 summit fortified by an EU vote that shook French, German leaders

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni hosts this week’s summit of the Group of Seven industrialized nations as the most stable European Union leader

The Independent UK

Italian PM Meloni Says Will Stand In EU Elections

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday she would stand in upcoming European Parliament elections, a move apparently calculated to boost her far-right party, although she would be forced to resign immediately.

International Business Times

On Lampedusa, there's sympathy for migrants — as long as they don't stay

Some 12,000 migrants — more than twice the population of this island — arrived in a single week this month. Islanders showed compassion, but prefer that any newcomers leave as quickly as possible.

WEKU

‘Attenzione pickpocket!’: Italy’s TikTok vigilante found to have far-right links

Monica Poli, who found fame challenging petty thieves, is a councillor for Lega, which backs anti-Roma policies

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Bunga bunga and bling aside, Berlusconi’s legacy is a loss of faith in Italy’s political elite

One of European politics’ most controversial figures, his career was marked by tawdry sex and corruption scandals

The Conversation

In Meloni's Italy, young Black men are particularly at risk of ending up on the street

Italy is in the grip of a housing crisis, and has been for years. It’s not as if the problem had gone unnoticed. There has been no shortage of articles in the national – or even international – media over students’ struggle to access affordable accommodation. Over the past days…

Radio France Internationale

Italy: why Meloni won

Italy’s new prime minister Giorgia Meloni assured the EU there was no cause for alarm as her far-right government came to power. Her first actions on migrants and civil liberties tell a different story.

The Conversation

The fox in the chicken coop: how the far right is playing the European Parliament

Several countries in the European Union are currently governed by far-right political parties. In Hungary, Fidesz under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been progressively dismantling the country’s constitutional protections of the rule of law and democratic institutions. Poland under its ruling Law and Justice party has shown equally worrying trends.…

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A ‘seismic’ shift: Will Meloni’s Italy turn its back on Europe?

The results of Italy's general election could alter the balance of power within the EU, with far-right, eurosceptic parties set to helm the next government in Rome. Italy is making something of a U-turn from Mario Draghi’s premiership, which put Italy back in the driving seat of Europe and bolstered…

Foreign Affairs

Italy’s Election Paradox

America and the EU should root for a far-right populist.

Salon

Giorgia Meloni boosts far-right in Italy

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

The Conversation

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.

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…

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