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Holocaust-surviving lawmaker opens Italy's Senate, even as the far-right takes office

Liliana Segre presided over the first seating of Parliament since general elections last month, when Italians voted in their first far-right government since World War II.

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Holocaust survivor opens Senate as far-right to govern Italy

Italy’s Fascist past and its future governed by a party with neo-fascist origins have come to an emotional head during the first seating of Parliament since general elections last month

The Independent UK

Brothers of Italy senator deletes fascist post uncovered on Instagram

Lavinia Mennuni, a candidate for ministerial position in new government, ‘praised’ fascist naval commander

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Yes, Italy's new leader is a fascist

Giorgia Meloni's entire career has been on the far-right fringe, surrounded by Mussolini's political heirs.

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Rishi Sunak’s unlikely friendship with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni — a symbol of the Tories’ right-wing turn?

She’s spoken highly of Mussolini and is known for her nativist views — what does it say about Sunak’s political intentions? Katie Strick reports

Evening Standard

Giorgia Meloni: Who is the far-right leader set to become Italy’s first female prime minister?

Brothers of Italy figurehead opposes LGBT+ rights and immigration but insists fascism is dead

The Independent UK

Italy’s drift to the far right began long before the rise of Giorgia Meloni

A normalisation of far-right parties dating back to Berlusconi has paved the way, says the author David Broder

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EXPLAINER: How a party of neo-fascist roots won big in Italy

The Brothers of Italy party has won the most votes in Italy’s national election

The Independent UK

Giorgia Meloni: Who is the far-right leader set to become Italy’s first female prime minister?

Brothers of Italy figurehead opposes LGBT+ rights and immigration but insists fascism is dead

The Independent UK

Who is Giorgia Meloni? Keir Starmer to discuss immigration with Italian PM in Rome

The British prime minister will be hoping to build on the relationship with the Right-wing leader established by Rishi Sunak

Evening Standard

What does far-right mean in politics? Giorgia Meloni set to win Italy election

The Brothers of Italy party would be Italy’s most right-wing government since World War II

Evening Standard

"Finally!" Brothers of Italy militants in tears after victory

At 2:30 a.m. came the moment that militants of the right-wing Brothers of Italy party had been waiting for, when their leader Giorgia Meloni appeared at the luxury hotel in Rome housing her electoral headquarters.

Reuters

Nationalist Meloni set to smash Italy's glass ceiling, become premier

In 2019, Giorgia Meloni made a speech that came to define her: "I am Giorgia, I am a woman, I am a mother, I am Italian, I am a Christian, and you can't take that away from me," she told cheering supporters.

Reuters

Inspired by Tolkien, Meloni is on a quest for Italy’s ‘ring of power’

Giorgia Meloni, the favourite to lead Italy's next government, has made no secret of her passion for fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien, whose classic The Lord of the Rings has long been a favourite of Italy’s post-fascist right – despite the British author’s distaste for extremist politics.

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France 24

‘Mother, Italian, Christian’: Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s far-right leader on the cusp of power

Giorgia Meloni has successfully rebranded her Brothers of Italy party as the country’s dominant conservative force, without fully expunging its post-fascist roots. Her right-wing coalition was on course to win a majority of seats after Sunday’s general election, making her the favourite to become Italy’s first female prime minister –…

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Giorgia Meloni could make history as Italy's first female PM. She would also be its first far-right leader since Benito Mussolini

Giorgia Meloni has risen from political obscurity to potentially become Italy's first far-right female leader. But her critics warn her ascension comes at a fragile time in Europe and evokes memories of Italy's fascist past.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Italy’s resistance anthem: sing it loud, sing it proud

Editorial: Attempts by Italy’s radical right to ghettoise Bella Ciao are part of an attempt to airbrush history

Chicago Sun-Times

Museum of Science and Industry brings down the big top on once-beloved circus exhibit

As the old show leaves, we couldn’t help but take a moment to wave farewell, and remind ourselves that change is constant — even in museums.

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Al Jazeera

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.

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 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

The Guardian - UK

Why Italy is on verge of electing its first far-right leader since second world war

Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy draw on a vein of fascism in a country that – unlike Germany – has never had to confront its past

France 24

‘We’ve tried them all, except Meloni’: Far-right leader tipped to become Italy’s first female PM

As yet unaffected by the slings and arrows of governing, Giorgia Meloni is poised to carry her hard-right Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d’Italia) party to victory in Italy’s general election on September 25, putting her in the running to become the country’s first female prime minister. FRANCE 24 reports from…

Reuters

Meloni, former far-right activist, heads for Italian PM's office

In her teens, Giorgia Meloni used to sneak out at the dead of night and help plaster her Rome neighbourhood with far-right posters, playing a game of cat and mouse with leftist foes that could easily turn violent.

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