The Latest Breaking News from Brors of Italy

Elly Schlein voted leader of Italy’s most important leftwing party in surprise win

First female leader of Democratic party promises it will become ‘a problem’ for Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2023

Italy's right poised to win regional vote after national triumph

Italy's two most important regions hold elections this weekend that will provide Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her right-wing allies with their first ballot-box test since winning power last year.

Reuters · Feb 9, 2023

How Italy is learning from the UK’s Brexit mistakes

Senior Italian government officials say that the economic and social turbulence in Britain that has followed the withdrawal from the EU has been eye-opening, writes Kim Sengupta

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023

Italy's far-right leader woos EU chiefs on first trip to Brussels

Newly elected Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with European Union leaders in Brussels on Friday in a visit intended to reassure Italy’s partners following last month’s far-right election victory.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 3, 2022

Italy’s new, far-right leader heads to EU HQ to break ice

New Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is coming to Brussels

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022

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.…

The Conversation · Nov 2, 2022

Italy's Meloni "proud" of contested rave clamp down

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday defended a tough crackdown on unlicensed rave parties introduced this week by her new government and dismissed accusations it impinged on public freedoms.

Reuters · Nov 2, 2022

Italy's Meloni picks Nazi-armband lawmaker as junior minister

Galeazzo Bignami, a lawmaker of the rightist Brothers of Italy party who sparked outrage in 2016 after a newspaper published a picture of him wearing a Nazi swastika on his left arm, was named junior infrastructure minister on Monday.

Reuters · Oct 31, 2022

The party's over for illegal raves, Italy's new government says

Italy's new right-wing government signalled on Monday it would crack down on unlicensed rave parties, with organisers risking jail terms of up to six years for staging such events.

Reuters · Oct 31, 2022

Mussolini supporters march in Italy while Meloni minister shuts down rave

Government’s priorities questioned as fascist sympathisers parade ‘calmly and happily’ in dictator’s home town

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2022