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Meloni, Le Pen Flirt With Combining EU Far-right Forces

Europe's far-right figureheads Marine Le Pen and Giorgia Meloni are hinting they could join forces following this summer's EU elections, after Le Pen's French party announced a break with its radical German ally AfD. The overtures presage a possible reconfiguration of nationalist parties' alliances after voters decide the next European…

International Business Times

Far-right EU election gains could boost nationalist parties on home turf

Polls indicate a surge for the right across the continent in next month’s ballots, but the centrists are still likely to hold sway in parliament

The Guardian - UK

Model seeks legal advice after Salvini’s party uses image for anti-Islam poster

Anna Haholkina tells of shock and says no one from deputy Italian PM’s League sought her permission

The Guardian - UK

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Giorgia Meloni and Ursula von der Leyen, the double act that is steering the EU ever rightwards

As elections loom across the continent, Italy’s prime minister and the commission’s president are in a dubious alliance

The Guardian - UK

Migrant workers exploited, abused in Italy’s prized fine wine vineyards

Undocumented workers, who earn barely more than $50 a day, say they have suffered racism and inhumane conditions.

Al Jazeera

Europe votes – Italy: pushing Europe to the right?

In the spotlight this week in our whistle-stop debate series featuring each of the EU’s 27 member states ahead of June’s European elections: Italy. Europe’s third-biggest economic power has seen a growing rivalry between the right-wing Brothers of Italy party, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and her even further…

France 24

Prosecutors launch investigation into plans for bridge to Sicily

Opposition lawmakers file complaint over planning, execution and transparency of Matteo Salvini project

The Guardian - UK

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‘It is too dangerous’: father of Italian antifascist held in Hungary fears for her safety

Roberto Salis speaks out to emphasise the urgency of bringing his daughter Ilaria back to Italy

The Guardian - UK

‘Will we leave things to the fascists?’: the activist aiming to revive Germany’s far-left party

Carola Rackete, who made her name defying Italy’s far right, is set to lead Die Linke party into European elections in June

The Guardian - UK

Salvini Did 'Useful Service' For Italy, He Tells Court In Migrant Trial

A defiant Matteo Salvini, Italy's deputy prime minister, defended his hard line against illegal migration in court on Friday, saying he had done a "useful service" in blocking migrants from disembarking at an Italian port in 2019.

International Business Times

Italian MPs Vote Against Reform Of Eurozone Rescue Fund

Italy's lower house of parliament, including members of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's party, rejected an opposition motion to approve a reform of the eurozone's bailout fund on Thursday.

International Business Times

Outrage in Italy as 'hero' jeweller who shot dead two robbers jailed for 17 years

Mario Roggero, 67, opened fire on robbers who raided his store and tied up his daughter

Evening Standard

Geert Wilders: how election victory in the Netherlands for Party for Freedom fits into a wider picture of European radical-right populism

The results of the Dutch election, in which Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom emerged as victors, have sent shockwaves through the political establishment.

The Conversation

Europe's far-right populists buoyed by Wilders' win in Netherlands, hoping the best is yet to come

Geert Wilders provided a major boost to Europe's far-right populists with his election win in the Netherlands

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The Guardian - UK

Ruthless, clever, pragmatic: why Giorgia Meloni is so dangerous to Italy – and Europe

The Italian PM has watered down old far-right ideas for the 21st century – and is attempting to remake Italy in her own image, says Anne McElvoy, executive editor of Politico

The Independent UK

Italy approves 24 billion-euro budget that aims to boost household spending and births

Italy’s far-right-led government has approved a budget for next year that aims to bolster public health services, encourage families to have more children and put more money in the pockets of low- and medium-wage earners

The Guardian - UK

Italian writer Roberto Saviano fined €1,000 for libelling Giorgia Meloni

Supporters of author, who castigated PM over migration policies, say verdict will have ‘chilling effect’ on media

The Guardian - UK

Roberto Saviano faces defamation verdict for remark about Giorgia Meloni

Writer could be imprisoned if found guilty over comments castigating Italian PM for her vitriol about Mediterranean rescues

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From France to Italy, Hungary to Sweden, voting intentions track the far-right's rise in Europe

A little over a year since leader of Fratelli d'Italia Georgia Meloni rose to power in Italy, the latest data spells out a clear message: she is not the only ultraright politician surfing on voters’ anxieties. In fact, we may be entering a new cycle of far-right extremism across the…

The Guardian - UK

Ryder Cup diary: Hovland hits hole in one to match gala’s coconut dessert

Elsewhere, Europe’s youngsters claim first blood on the course while Italy’s transport unions are dealt a blow off it

The Independent UK

Top EU official heads to an Italian island struggling with migrant influx as Italy toughens stance

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen plans to travel on Sunday to the Italian island of Lampedusa amid an influx of migrants who arrived this week

The Independent UK

Italy marks 5th anniversary of Morandi bridge collapse with demands for justice for the 43 killed

Italy is marking the fifth anniversary of the collapse of Genoa’s Morandi Bridge with a minute of silence and demands for justice for the 43 people who died

The Independent UK

Italy proposes bank tax to help people with interest rate hikes, sending stocks plunging

Italian bank stocks have plunged after the Cabinet approved a proposal to apply a temporary tax on some 2023 bank profits

Fortune

Italy’s new affordable housing weapon is a 40% windfall tax on banks

The tax is intended as a one-off levy on bank profits made in 2023 and could help offset mortgage costs for Italians, especially first-time home-buyers.

The Guardian - UK

‘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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