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Senior Brothers of Italy figure Tremonti blames EU for high inflation

A senior figure in the far-right Brothers of Italy party, which is tipped to win national elections at the weekend, on Thursday blamed 10 years of European Union monetary and fiscal policies for skyrocketing inflation.

Reuters

Italy election set to crown Meloni head of most right-wing govt since WW2

Italy's parliamentary election on Sunday could make history, giving the country its first female prime minister at the head of its most right-wing government since World War Two.

Reuters

The politicians vying to lead Italy's next government

The main candidates in Italy's general election on Sunday to elect a new Parliament and determine who next governs the country include both familiar names and lesser-known ones

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Old woes and new: business turmoil awaits Italy's election winner

Inflation, looming recession and impossibly high energy bills are among the daunting economic problems awaiting whoever wins Italy's election on Sunday, and they are casting a particularly long shadow over the industrial city of Terni.

Reuters

‘Playing counter-attack, without Mbappé’: Italy’s resigned left faces election drubbing

For much of the past decade, Italy’s centre-left Democratic Party has served as the dependable linchpin of wobbly crisis cabinets, delivering responsible – if uninspiring – government. As the country heads to the polls on September 25, the party’s inability to capture the imagination of Italian voters is hobbling its…

France 24

Italy’s Election Paradox

America and the EU should root for a far-right populist.

Foreign Affairs

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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Who is running, how does voting work in Italy’s election?

Italy is set to vote in an election that will likely see its most far-right government in power since World War II.

Al Jazeera

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

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 Guardian - UK

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 Conversation

Prospect of far-right female premier divides Italian women

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

The Independent UK

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 Independent UK

Italy's Draghi presents new aid package, says won't be back as PM

Italy approved an aid package worth some 14 billion euros ($14 billion) on Friday to shield firms and families from surging energy costs, in probably the last major act by outgoing Prime Minister Mario Draghi before a Sept. 25 election.

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Sanctions on Russia working, support for Ukraine must continue, Draghi says

International sanctions on Russia are working and support for Ukraine must continue until it has won the war, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Friday.

Reuters

No Italian parties in U.S.' Russian financing report, Draghi says

No Italian political parties were named in a report drawn up by U.S. intelligence that highlighted Russian efforts to influence politics in more than two dozen countries, Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Friday.

Reuters

"Can't pay, don't pay" - Italian group urges energy bill strike

An Italian consumer group has called for an energy bills strike, offering legal support to people unable or unwilling to pay skyrocketing gas and electricity prices amid the soaring cost of living, it said on Thursday.

Reuters

Italy's Meloni clashes with ally Salvini over energy crisis

Long simmering tensions between Giorgia Meloni, tipped to become Italy's next prime minister after this month's election, and her ally Matteo Salvini, head of the rightist League, have bubbled to the surface 10 days before the vote.

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Italy restores pay cap for top civil servants

The Italian government on Wednesday reversed a controversial attempt by the outgoing parliament to weaken a salary cap for senior public servants.

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

Russian funding claims spice up Italian election

U.S. claims that Russia has given at least $300 million to political parties in more than two dozen countries sent a jolt through Italy's election campaign on Wednesday, with right-wing leaders denying they had received clandestine cash.

The Independent UK

Democrat Letta: Fear plays role in Italy's Brexit-like vote

With Italy's election looming, the main leader of the Italian center-left alliance says the gains of a Swedish populist party with neo-Nazi roots is one more indication that fear is driving the far-right's growth in Europe

Reuters

Explainer-Rightist alliance set for Italian election victory

Italy votes in a national election on Sunday Sept. 25 after Prime Minister Mario Draghi's national unity government was brought down by party infighting in July.

The Guardian - UK

Italy election: who’s running, who will win, and why does it matter?

Polls are predicting centre-right coalition led by ‘post-fascist’ Brothers of Italy will triumph later this month

Tribune News Service

Front-runner for prime minister says she’ll keep Italy on Draghi’s course on Russia, debt

The front-runner to become Italy’s next prime minister said she wants to maintain the course set by Mario Draghi on support for Ukraine and avoid adding to domestic debt.

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