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How far to the right will Italy go? The new face of European politics is called Georgia Meloni. Her fascist-rooted Brothers of Italy party has swept to power, overshadowing her hard-right coalition partners Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi and routing the centre-left, which finished under 20 percent. Why did voters…

"This is a sad day for the country," opposition leader says

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

Far-right Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni looks set to become Italy’s first woman prime minister at the head of the country’s most right-wing government since World War II. Reactions from elsewhere in Europe included French President Emmanuel Macron voicing “respect” for the choice of Italy’s voters, the EU Commission…

Giorgia Meloni is set to become Italy’s first female prime minister after leading a right-wing alliance to election win.

Italy is on course for its first woman premier after the results of an election on Sunday appeared to favour a right-wing coalition led by Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party

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

The far-right leader may have little impact on European politics, says Guardian US columnist Cas Mudde

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

The Italian right-wing coalition's resounding victory in Sunday's general election marks a return to parliament for former premier Silvio Berlusconi, nine years after he was kicked out over a tax fraud conviction.

Giorgia Meloni’s triumph as the first woman to lead a winning party in the macho world of Italian politics is not a moment to celebrate, for she has brought the far right into the European mainstream, precisely a century after her Fascist forebear Benito Mussolini seized power.