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Politics
Virginia Pietromarchi

Far-right’s Meloni claims clear mandate to rule after Italy vote

Giorgia Meloni, holding a sign reading 'Thank you Italy', said voters had sent a clear message that they wanted a right-wing government [Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters]

Rome, Italy – A jubilant Giorgia Meloni, leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy party and on course to become Italy’s first woman prime minister, said voters had given the right-wing group a clear mandate to govern and that she would lead a government for all Italians.

Meloni was speaking at her party’s election night campaign centre in Rome after a projection suggested the Brothers of Italy had emerged as the biggest party in Sunday’s elections, with 26 percent of the vote.

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