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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Italy’s tourism minister resigns amid turmoil from referendum failure

Daniela Santanchè
Daniela Santanchè has been a prominent member of Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party but has become involved in legal difficulties relating to her business activities. Photograph: Alessandro Bremec/IPA/Shutterstock

Italy’s embattled tourism minister has resigned, heeding a call to step down as the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, strives to restore credibility after a bruising defeat in a referendum that has thrown her far-right government into turmoil.

The resignation on Wednesday of Daniela Santanchè, a prominent and brash member of Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party, came after the prime minister took the unusual step of calling in a public statement for her to go.

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