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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.

Salon

Italy’s Giorgia Meloni denies she is anti-women as credentials questioned

Far-right leader posted sexualised clip of herself during election campaign, favours curbs on abortion and is against ‘pink quotas’

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YouTube Says Giorgia Meloni Video Was Removed in Error, Restores It After Inquiry

"Upon careful review, we determined this video is not violative of our Community Guidelines and have reinstated it," said a YouTube spokesperson.

Reason

Will baby drop boxes from the Italian Renaissance become more common after Meloni win?

In Italy, abortion has been legal since 1978. But now that Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party has won the national election and the far-right form a majority in both the Italian Parliament and Senate, access to abortion in Italy could face new restrictions.

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Italy's Meloni praises 'heroic uprising' of Iranian women

Giorgia Meloni, set to become Italy's first female prime minister, hailed on Wednesday "the heroic uprising of Iranian women" following the death of a young woman in police custody.

Reuters

Italy’s Giorgia Meloni is no Mussolini – but she may be a Trump

There’s nothing nostalgic about the far-right political space that the country’s new leader is trying to carve out in Europe, says philosopher Lorenzo Marsili

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LGBTQ advocates, women worry in Italy after Meloni's win

Advocates for women and the LGBTQ community in Italy are worrying that the decisive victory by Giorgia Meloni and her far-right party in Italy's national election will bring setbacks for civil rights

The Independent UK

A ‘seismic’ shift: Will Meloni’s Italy turn its back on Europe?

The results of Italy's general election could alter the balance of power within the EU, with far-right, eurosceptic parties set to helm the next government in Rome. Italy is making something of a U-turn from Mario Draghi’s premiership, which put Italy back in the driving seat of Europe and bolstered…

France 24

Italy's Meloni tells Ukraine it can count on her

Nationalist leader Giorgia Meloni, set to become Italy's next prime minister, has pledged her full support for Kyiv after receiving congratulations from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for her election victory.

Reuters

Why Republicans are elated by ‘triumph’ of Italy’s Giorgia Meloni

US support for Italy’s likely next leader shows growing global solidarity among right-wing populists, experts say.

Al Jazeera

'I feel worried and angry': Italians in Scotland react to Giorgia Meloni's election victory

ITALIANS living in Scotland have reacted to the election of a far-right government in Italy, with some vowing never to permanently return to the…

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Italy: Salvini faces calls to quit as League chief after dismal election results

Party is member of far-right leader Giorgia Meloni’s winning coalition but its share of the vote fell steeply

Evening Standard

“Not surprise, but disgust” - Italians react to the triumph of Giorgia Meloni

Ben Munster reports from Rome on the reaction on the streets and in the press to Meloni victory - and why her “post-fascism” has stolen into a deeply flawed electoral system.

The Guardian - UK

It is great that little girls now have role models so they, too, can grow up to be crazed world leaders

Britain has its third female prime minister and Italy is likely to get its first. That’s progress, right? Well, only if you can ignore their policies

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Italian far-right leader Meloni starts putting her government together

Italian far-right leader Giorgia Meloni and her allies, victorious in Sunday's parliamentary elections, have begun the long and probably fraught process of forming a new government, against a background of crisis and division.

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Reason

Iran's Hijab Protests Are Part of a Long, Slow Revolution

Plus: A bevy of bad economic indicators, Italy elects right-wing populist Giorgia Meloni, and more...

Reuters

'Very real fears' for LGBT community after far-right win in Italy

The LGBT community has "very real fears" after a conservative bloc dominated by the far-right won Italy's general election, a leading gay rights campaigner told Reuters.

Reuters

Self-employed, Catholics drive Meloni's Italian electoral triumph

Self-employed people and Catholics helped power Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party to electoral victory on Sunday, surveys show, with a significant share of women voters putting her on course to be Italy's first female prime minister.

Evening Standard

Giorgia Meloni shares the Putin view of history

Giorgia Meloni, 45, has won the Italian general election by drive and sheer personality, but her victory was a huge step backwards for the country. Meloni’s politics has direct lineage to those of another leader of Italy, Benito Mussolini , Il Duce, the Fascist who ruled from 1921 to 1943.

The Independent UK

Italy gets new tranche of EU funds as dust settles from vote

The European Commission has signed off on the next 21-billion-euro ($20.2 billion) tranche of Italy’s pandemic recovery funds

Salon

Fascism: It's really back this time

A neofascist party will likely take power in Italy — and if economic collapse continues, there will be more

Evening Standard

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

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