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ECB's Panetta defying calls to be Italian finance minister, sources say

ECB board member Fabio Panetta is resisting calls from Giorgia Meloni, the front-runner to be Italy's next prime minister, to take the job of economy minister should the rightist bloc win election on Sunday, two political sources told Reuters.

Reuters

Italy's conservative alliance in lockstep, ready to govern, says Meloni

Italy's right-wing bloc will easily agree on major policy priorities despite recent disagreements if it wins this weekend's national election, the alliance's de facto leader, Giorgia Meloni, said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Brothers of Italy suspends candidate after online post praising Hitler found

Election candidate for the rightwing party had called Hitler a ‘great statesman’ in a 2014 Facebook post

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Italy election: why Giorgia Meloni’s far-right Brothers of Italy party is almost guaranteed to win

When Italy last held an election in 2018, the Fratelli d’Italia – Brothers of Italy – were minnows, taking a mere 4.4% of the vote. Now, ahead of the 2022 vote on September 25, opinion polls suggest the far-right group is on course for a historic victory that would make…

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Italian party expected to win election suspends candidate for praising Hitler

Calogero Pisano praised Nazi leader for being a ‘great statesman’

The Independent UK

Italy's frontrunner party suspends candidate over Hitler praise

The Brothers of Italy party, which is tipped to win national elections at the weekend, suspended one of its candidates on Tuesday after he was found to have praised Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler in online posts.

Reuters

Giorgia Meloni boosts far-right in Italy

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

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Energy crisis key to Italy's election — but not conservation

The energy crisis facing Italian industry and households is a top voter concern going into Sunday's parliamentary elections as fears grow that astronomically high bills will shutter some businesses and force household rationing by winter

The Independent UK

Tuesday briefing: Five big stories as Britain returns to normal

In today’s newsletter: From an emergency budget to a test for the new King and the war in Ukraine, a look at what’s next

The Guardian - UK

Scholz's party warns against possible far-right win in Italy

Germany’s ruling center-left party is warning that a victory for far-right leader Giorgia Meloni in Italy’s upcoming election would be bad for Italians and European cooperation when many on the continent are feeling the strain of high energy prices

The Independent UK

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.

The Conversation

Who is Italy’s leadership hopeful Giorgia Meloni?

After her party’s meteoric rise, Meloni could become the first far-right leader to guide the country since World War II.

Al Jazeera

Italian politics has been in trouble for decades. Now it’s heading for a new low

If Giorgia Meloni comes to power at the head of a far-right coalition, the economic and social outcomes could be terrible, says writer Jamie Mackay

The Guardian - UK

'It would be a joy to be Italy's PM,' League leader says

The rightist League aims to win the Italian premiership when the country holds an election next week, its leader Matteo Salvini told his party's annual rally in northern Italy on Sunday.

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Far-right favourite to be Italy’s next PM softens on EU as election looms

Giorgia Meloni once railed against Brussels, but experts suggest likely successor to Mario Draghi has no interest in rocking boat

The Conversation

As a divided Italy heads to the polls, a sharp right turn is likely

Italians will soon vote in national elections and the country will have its 70th government since the founding of the republic in 1946.

The Independent UK

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Prospect of far-right female premier divides Italian women

Italy could be on the verge of electing its first woman premier

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How a far-right politician could become Italy’s first female leader

By any account, Giorgia Meloni’s rise is astonishing, write Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli. In a matter of weeks, she could become the prime minister of Italy

The Guardian - UK

God, family, fatherland - how Giorgia Meloni has taken Italy’s far right to the brink of power

Brothers of Italy poised to triumph in next weekend’s elections in alliance with Salvini’s League and Berlusconi’s Forza Italia

The Guardian - UK

Tough, determined, fascinated by Mussolini: Rome neighbours recall Giorgia Meloni

Residents in traditionally leftwing Garbatella district not surprised by rise of woman poised to be Italy’s next PM

Daily Mirror

'Water bomb' kills at least 10 as 16 inches of rain falls in just two hours

At least 10 people in Italy have died after flash flood swept through towns and villages following a "water bomb" of rainfall. Around 16 inches of rain fell in just two to three hours on Thursday.

Reuters

Meloni 'unfit to govern Italy' for defending Orban, critics say

Giorgia Meloni, likely to be Italy's next prime minister after elections this month, is unfit to lead the country, her critics said on Friday after she backed Hungarian leader Viktor Orban in a row with Europe.

Reuters

Exclusive-Ratings agency Scope sees little room for abrupt change after Italy vote

Any new government in Italy will have little room for rolling back reforms or pursuing "unorthodox" economic policies because of political and market constraints, Scope Ratings said in a report seen by Reuters on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Success for party of 'Sweden first' energizes global right

An anti-immigration party is the now second-most popular party in Sweden following a weekend election held amid fears of rising crime

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